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