GREEK PHILOSOPHERS – WHO AM I?
WAS WELL KNOWN IN ATHENS IN 423 BC FOR HIS NON-TRADITIONAL TEACHING METHODS. HE DID NOT KEEP A FORMAL SCHOOL. SOCRATES
WAS A STUDENT OF SOCRATES. PLATO
FOUNDED HIS OWN SCHOOL IN ATHENS – THE LYCEUM. ARISTOTLE
WROTE THE REPUBLIC. PLATO
WAS AN INFLUENTIAL WESTERN PHILOSOPHER WHO NEVER WROTE A WORD HIMSELF. HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF PHILOSOPHY WAS TO REDIRECT QUERIES TOWARD QUESTIONS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT. HE BELIEVED A MORAL LIFE BROUGHT MAN HAPPINESS AND THAT MORALITY WAS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH EDUCATION. SOCRATES
ALEXANDER WAS ONE OF HIS MOST FAMOUS STUDENTS. ARISTOTLE
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THE THREE? SOCRATES ( BC) PLATO ( BC) ARISTOTLE ( BC)
HIS WILLINGNESS TO CRITICIZE ARGUMENTS THAT HE FOUND UNSOUND, REGARDLESS OF SUBJECT, CHALLENGED AND THREATENED SOME PROMINENT ATHENIANS. SOCRATES
FOUNDED THE ACADEMY IN ATHENS – ONE OF THE FIRST ORGANIZED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE WESTERN WORLD (ATHENS IN 386 B.C.) PLATO