The Greek Mind pp. 278-282 Greek Philosophers Handout

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The Greek Mind pp. 278-282Greek Philosophers
Handout

• Chapter 10.2

Essential Question In modern times, how do new
ideas change the way people live?
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Greek Philosophers

• Socrates c. 470-399 BC

• Plato c. 428-347 BC

Aristotle c. 384-322 BC
Greek Philosophers
Greek Philosophers
Greek Philosophers
Greek Philosophers

• Socrates c. 470-399 B,C.
• Lived in Athens and trained to be a ____________
• Loved _______________ and teaching
• Asked ___________ as a teaching strategy
  Socratic Method
• Wanted students to question and ________ for
  themselves
• Leaders feared his ______________
• Arrested in 399 B.C.
• Found guilty and sentenced to death by
  _________

• Plato c. 428-347 B.C.
• Student of ________
• Became a teacher and founded the _________ in
  Athens
• Wrote The __________, plan for society and
  government
• Wanted philosopher _____ to rule
• Didnt think __________ people could think for
  themselves
• Believed ________ should have more rights

• Aristotle c. 384-322 B.C.
• 335 B.C. started the __________ school
• Taught the golden mean live _____________
• Influenced modern _________
• Wrote Politics, a book on _____________
• Believed best government had features of
  monarchy, oligarchy, and democracy
• Influenced later governments, including the ___
• ____________ the Great was his student.

• Socrates c. 470-399 B,C.
• Lived in Athens and trained to be a ____________
• Loved _______________ and teaching
• Asked ___________ as a teaching strategy
  Socratic Method
• Wanted students to question and ________ for
  themselves
• Leaders feared his ______________
• Arrested in 399 B.C.
• Found guilty and sentenced to death by
  _________

• Plato c. 428-347 B.C.
• Student of ________
• Became a teacher and founded the _________ in
  Athens
• Wrote The __________, plan for society and
  government
• Wanted philosopher _____ to rule
• Didnt think __________ people could think for
  themselves
• Believed ________ should have more rights

• Aristotle c. 384-322 B.C.
• 335 B.C. started the __________ school
• Taught the golden mean live _____________
• Influenced modern _________
• Wrote Politics, a book on _____________
• Believed best government had features of
  monarchy, oligarchy, and democracy
• Influenced later governments, including the ___
• ____________ the Great was his student.

• Socrates c. 470-399 B,C.
• Lived in Athens and trained to be a ____________
• Loved _______________ and teaching
• Asked ___________ as a teaching strategy
  Socratic Method
• Wanted students to question and ________ for
  themselves
• Leaders feared his ______________
• Arrested in 399 B.C.
• Found guilty and sentenced to death by
  _________

• Plato c. 428-347 B.C.
• Student of ________
• Became a teacher and founded the _________ in
  Athens
• Wrote The __________, plan for society and
  government
• Wanted philosopher _____ to rule
• Didnt think __________ people could think for
  themselves
• Believed ________ should have more rights

• Aristotle c. 384-322 B.C.
• 335 B.C. started the __________ school
• Taught the golden mean live _____________
• Influenced modern _________
• Wrote Politics, a book on _____________
• Believed best government had features of
  monarchy, oligarchy, and democracy
• Influenced later governments, including the ___
• ____________ the Great was his student.

• Socrates c. 470-399 B,C.
• Lived in Athens and trained to be a ____________
• Loved _______________ and teaching
• Asked ___________ as a teaching strategy
  Socratic Method
• Wanted students to question and ________ for
  themselves
• Leaders feared his ______________
• Arrested in 399 B.C.
• Found guilty and sentenced to death by
  _________

• Plato c. 428-347 B.C.
• Student of ________
• Became a teacher and founded the _________ in
  Athens
• Wrote The __________, plan for society and
  government
• Wanted philosopher _____ to rule
• Didnt think __________ people could think for
  themselves
• Believed ________ should have more rights

• Aristotle c. 384-322 B.C.
• 335 B.C. started the __________ school
• Taught the golden mean live _____________
• Influenced modern _________
• Wrote Politics, a book on _____________
• Believed best government had features of
  monarchy, oligarchy, and democracy
• Influenced later governments, including the ___
• ____________ the Great was his student.

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Greek Thinkers
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Greek Thinkers

• 500 B.C. to 350 B.C was known as the Golden Age
  of Greece.
• Art, architecture, literature, and philosophy
  thrived
• Philosophy is a Greek word meaning love of
  wisdom

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The Sophists
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The Sophists

• Sophists were teachers that traveled from one
  polis to another.
• They taught all subjects, including rhetoric, the
  art of speaking and debate.
• Didnt believe the gods had power over humans
• Challenged Greek traditions
• Taught winning was better than seeking the truth

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Who Was Socrates?
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Socrates

• Lived in Athens and trained to be a sculptor
• Loved philosophy and teaching
• Believed in absolute truth and knowledge is in
  everyone
• Didnt leave written records but students wrote
  about him
• Asked questions as teaching strategy Socratic
  method
• Wanted students to question and think for
  themselves

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Socrates

• After Peloponnesian War, open debate wasnt
  trusted in Athens
• Leaders feared his influence
• Arrested in 399 B.C. and charged with encouraging
  the young to rebel
• Found guilty and sentenced to death by poison
• He was given the opportunity to leave Athens, but
  refused saying he had to follow the law.

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Platos Ideas
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Plato

• Student of Socrates
• Quit career in government after death of Socrates
• Became a teacher and founded the Academy in
  Athens
• Wrote The Republic, plan for society and
  government
• Wanted philosopher kings to rule
• Didnt think common people could think for
  themselves
• Believed women should have more rights

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Who Was Aristotle?
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Aristotle

• 335 B.C. started the Lyceum school
• Taught the golden mean, live moderately
• His methods of studying science influenced modern
  science
• Wrote Politics, a book on government
• Believed best government had features of
  monarchy, oligarchy, and democracy
• Influenced later governments including the U.S.
• Alexander the Great was his student

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Essential Question

• In ancient times, how did new ideas change the
  way people lived?
• Give evidence from the textbook
• Answer in your words, THEN
• Cite your evidence

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Horrible History

• Socrates Rescue
• Thinkers Song

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Your turn

• Your team must create a 30-45 sec. song about the
  3 philosophers.
• You must use facts from the textbook in your
  song.
• You have 40 mins. until show time!

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New History and Science Ideas
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Greeks and History

• Herodotus
• 435 B.C. wrote a history of the Persians Wars
• Father of history
• Researched the events and questioned many people
• Still believed gods played a role in events

• Thucydides
• Wrote The History of the Peloponnesian War
• Believed on people made history
• Wanted eyewitness accounts
• Believed one could learn from mistakes of the past

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The First Scientists

• Believed natural events could be explained by
  logic
• Thales studied astronomy
• Pythagoras believed every relationship could be
  expressed in numbers.
• Pythagorean Theorem

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Ancient Greek Medicine

• Hippocrates father of medicine
• Believed disease was from natural causes
• Traveled all over Greece treating the sick
• Hippocratic Oath list of rules for doctors on
  how to treat patients
• Doctors today use the Hippocratic Oath

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Plato
Socrates

• Philosopher
• Socrates student
• Opened the Academy
• Wrote the Republic

• Philosopher
• He taught by asking questions
• Sentenced to death

Greek thinkers
Hippocrates
Aristotle

• Physician
• Father of Medicine
• Hippocratic Oath
• Patients privacy

• Philosopher
• Thought government should be divided
• Study science through observation

Herodotus
Thucydides

• Historian
• Father of History
• Mixed history with myths

• Historian
• Did NOT include gods
• We could learn from the past

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Essential Question

• In ancient times, how did new ideas change the
  way people lived?
• Give evidence from the textbook
• Answer in your words, THEN
• Cite your evidence