1. Ancient Greek Philosophers
Really Smart Dead Guys

2. Socrates BC

3. Socrates
A stonecutter who left no writings and accepted no money for his teachings

4. “I am wise because I know I know nothing”
Socrates
“I am wise because I know I know nothing”

5. “The unexamined life is not worth living”
Socrates
“The unexamined life is not worth living”

6. Called himself a “gadfly”
Socrates
Called himself a “gadfly”

7. Socrates
“Virtue is knowledge”

8. Socrates
Developed “Socratic Method,” a series of questions aimed at revealing the ignorance of the other conversant

9. Accused of dishonoring the Gods and corrupting the youth of Athens
Socrates
Accused of dishonoring the Gods and corrupting the youth of Athens

11. Died willingly despite the opportunity to avoid his death sentence.
Socrates
Died willingly despite the opportunity to avoid his death sentence.

14. The Death of Socrates, by Jacques Louis David

15. Plato BC

16. Plato Aristocratic background Student of Socrates
Established the Academy
Wrote Dialogues, including The Republic, 360 BC

17. Plato Venerated his teacher Socrates Trained as a mathematician
Interested in ideal forms

19. Aristotle BC

20. Aristotle
Father was physician to Philip of Macedon, and Aristotle was tutor to Alexander the Great

21. Aristotle
Founded the Lyceum, which became a center of study in a wide range of subjects

22. Aristotle
Known in the middle ages as “the philosopher” because of the range and authority of his ideas

23. Aristotle From Raphael’s School of Athens