PHILOSOPHERLAPALOOZA

  • Looked to science and logic (not the mythical gods) for explanations of how the world worked. The Socratic Method fostered critical thinking.
  • "The unexamined life is not worth living."-Socrates
  • Socrates was charged with serious crimes including Piety (disrespecting the gods) and corrupting the youth of Athens.
  • At Socrates's trial, he described himself as a stinging gadfly and Athens as a lazy horse.
  • He did not deny what he did and he asked to be repayed for his work with free dinners.
  • He was found guilty by an Athenian jury and sentenced to death by drinking poison hemlock. A really painful way to go. 
  • Plato was a student and follower of Socrates. 
  • He wrote out Socrates' teachings and described his trial in Apology Republic; the novel about Socrates' discussions of justice and the ideal state. 
  • This is one of the most influential books on philosophy.
  • Socrates --> then Plato --> then Aristotle.
  • Aristotle was a student of Plato. Aristotle helped foster the idea of Athens as an intellectual destination. His school- the Lyceum, focused on cooperative research and built on knowledge gathered from all over the world.
  • Everything you would want to know could be found in Athens. 
  • Athens included logic--physics--biology--ethics--politics--rhetoric--motion--theatre--poetry--metaphysics--psychology--dreams...etc. 
  • Aristotle also tutored Alexander the Great.
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