1. PHILOSOPHY!

2. Greek Philosophy
Greek thinkers challenged the idea that events were caused by the gods
Used observation and reason to explain cause for events
Philosophers = “lovers of wisdom”
Explored mathematics, music, behavior, politics, logic (rational thinking) etc.
Skilled in the art of rhetoric (skillful speaking)

3. Socrates Athenian stonemason and philosopher
Spent his time teaching in the town square, asking people about their beliefs
The Socratic Method
Asked questions to people so they could seek truth an self-knowledge
Sentenced to death by a jury for corrupting the youth and disrespecting the gods

4. The unexamined life is not worth living

6. Plato Student of Socrates
Emphasized the importance of reason in his teachings
Wrote: The Republic, which described his vision of the ideal state
Hated democracy because it killed Socrates
Wanted society divided into 3 classes: workers, philosophers, and soldiers
Taught that women should be educated so they could serve the state

7. “People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.”

8. Aristotle Student of Plato
Analyzed the different forms of gov’t, found good and bad examples for each
Was suspicious of democracy
Favored rule by one person
Set up a school, the Lyceum, for the study of all branches of knowledge
Wrote on politics, ethics, logic, biology, literature, and other subjects

9. “The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.”

10. Herodotus The father of history Wrote “The Persian Wars”
Traveled to other lands to collect information about historical events
Historie- inquiry
Stressed the importance of research in studying history

11. “In Peace, Sons bury their Fathers. In War, Fathers bury their Sons.”