1. Socrates and Plato

2. Socrates “One thing only I know, that is I know nothing”
• Founder of western Philosophy
•Never wrote a single line
•NO LECTURING
•Questions and Art of Discourse
•Aided others in coming to conclusions
•Right insight leads to right action
We do wrong because we don’t know better!!
•Believed in COMMON SENSE

3. Plato Pupil of Socrates Wrote lots and lots
What is eternal & Immutable (cant change)
Like Playdoh, There is a mold for everything (IDEAS)
Only rely on reason – Senses vary reason is same for everyone
“What you see is what you get”—NOT
Reason explained the IDEA world – Circles are 360 degrees (in a perfect world)

4. Plato cont. Man is divided – Soul yearns to join EROS in Ideal World
Body dissolves away
• Allegory of the Cave – Shadows equal reality for all – Outside cave is ideal world for one – Group kills one for trying to change current reality
If everyman knows his spot in the whole
Then PERFECT STATE ACHIEVED
RATIONALIST – Govern with REASON
All are equal, because reason is equal