Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato the three philosophers
Where was Socrates born?
Near the city of athens, a city state in greece
What is a philosopher?
A person who is a lover of wisdom
What is a social contract
A social contract is a treaty made with the citizens and people have to follow the law to be moral or legal
Who considered language and speech to be critically important
Aristotle considered that language and speech is important since the ability to reason comes from the use of language. This is also what distinguishes humans from animals, they are taught to be virtuous
Who did Aristotle tutor
Aristotle tutored king Philip II son Alexander the great. Aristotle for his job received the highest of pay than many other tutors
What is artistotle considered the father of
Father of logical and rational thinking
What is the golden mean
Golden mean is a personality with two extremes sides. On one side, the people are overly excessive and the other side, the people are to deficient or conservative. The middle or mean is the ideal type of person that people would want to talk to, witty
What did Socrates believe in
He belived in universal truth, human beliefs, and morality. Finding and seeking truth.
What did Plato say the role of the society should be
He said fhe role of the society should be to use the socratic method to enlighten the people. He wanted the citizens to be more educated to make a perfectly envision society or a utopia. Lastly, plato wanted to assign appropriate jobs for that talent that people have.
What crimes were Socrates charged with
Heresy and violation of god; drank hemlock (poison)
What was the name of the first higher learning institution in western civilization
Itvwas called the casdemy of athens. This is to train people in kmowldge, wisdom, and creating a better society
What was the school Aristotle founded
Lyceum
What were Plato's thoughts of democracy
Plato thought democracy was a mob rule, that people who are not wise and unsophistocated are ruling government based on popularity
How are Plato and Socrates related
Plato was Socrates best friend or student
Explain the difference between Aristotle and Plato's philosophies
Plato: plato's philosophy is about how people should enlighten themselves and be educated so that they can make up a perfect society like idealism or a utopia. Aristotle: Aristotle believed in more of an observable data or scientific data to make conclusions. However, most of Aristotle's teaching stress about importance of happiness in one's life.
Why is there little known of Socrates
Socrates never wrote anything down of his teachings but his student Plato wrote all his dialogues and teachings down. So most of Socrates is told by second perspective by plato
What is another name for philosophers
Sophits or teachers
Where was Aristotle born
Stagira, small town in greece
Allegory of cave from Plato (allegory: story with moral)
The allegory is that three men are captured in a dark cave. They see shadows from a fire and later make theories of knowledge and wisdom. Then a man walks outside the cave and experiences enlightenment and true reality. The man who was enlightened is killed because people are scared to know the truth.
What was the name of Plato's book
The name was the republic
Philosopher king theory
The philosoher king theory is what plato belived in and its how a ruler or king that has the right intelligence to seek truth and ask questions should rule while finding answers to society.
Describe the Socratic method
The socratic method is a way of questioning people about their own beliefs and when they answer, it nakes the people realize how ignorant they are. This in return helps people examine themselves so that truth will be exposed.
Socrates quotes: True knowledge exists in knowing nothing
This means that without knowing anything, you can obtain more knowledge by not knowong anything ratger than knowing everything so that you cant learn anything at all
Socrates quotes: An unexamined life is not worth living
This means that without seeking truth, reality or wisdom, it is not a sufficient life.
Artistotle quote: it is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it
This quote means that a person should be rational and moral by opening one's mind to different perspectives to make a conclusion