Greek Philosophy and History

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Greek Philosophy and History

• Ch. 5.2

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Greek Philosophers

• What does philosophy mean?
• Pythagoras taught that the universe followed the
  same laws as music and math
• Sophists professional teachers
• Did not believe in the gods influence on people
• Did not believe in absolute right
• Socrates philosopher that believed in absolute
  truth and all knowledge was within each person
• Leaders did not trust him
• Accused of teaching young Athenians to rebel
• Sentenced to death

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• Socratic Method
• A form of teaching that uses questions to lead
  the students to discover truth for themselves.
• Plato one of Socrates best students
• Republic describes the ideal govt
• Philosopher kings
• Warriors
• All others
• Aristotle one of Platos students who started
  his own school
• Helped advance science and govt
• Helped shape European and American govts
• Golden Mean do nothing in excess

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Greek Historians

• Herodotus
• father of history
• History of the Persian Wars
• Thucydides
• Considered the greatest historian of the ancient
  world
• History of the Peloponnesian Wars