Greek Philosophers

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Greek Philosophers
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Philosophers

• Greek thinkers who believed the human mind could
  understand everything.

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Sophist

• Taught students how to win good arguments and
  make good speeches.
• Rejected the idea of absolute right and wrong

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Socrates

• Believed in absolute truth existed and all real
  knowledge was within each person
• Socratic Method of teaching

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Plato

• Believed democracy was not a good form of
  government
• Believed men and women should have the same
  education

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Aristotle

• Taught the Golden mean a person should do
  nothing in excess
• Believed observation and comparison were
  necessary to gain knowledge.
• Scientific Method

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Pythagoras

• First to establish the Principles of geometry.
• Pythagorean theorem

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Hippocrates

• Known as the Father of Medicine
• Wrote an oath for doctors that is still used
  today.

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Aristarchus

• Found that the Earth revolves around the sun.

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Eratosthenes

• Figured out that the Earth was round

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Euclid

• Wrote a book that organized information about
  plane geometry.

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Archimedes

• Figured out the value of pi.
• Created catapults and explained the lever and
  pulley system.