THE 3 GREEK

PHILOSOPHERS
1. SOCRATES
2. PLATO
3. ARISTOTLE
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PHILOSOPHERS
1. SOCRATES
2. PLATO
3. ARISTOTLE
They were the great philosophers in
the Western Era.
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PHILOSOPHERS

Greek philosophers like Socrates,

Plato, and Aristotle laid the
foundations of Western thought..
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The ideas of these Ancient
Greek philosophers still
influence our understanding
of the world today.
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SOCRATES
Born in Athens, Greece
around 469 BCE
Died in 399 BCE
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“philosophy of nature”
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He emphasized
HUMAN
EXPERIENCE.
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questioned what
made a good life
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discussed social and
political questions
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His work and his ideas
became the foundation
of Western philosophy.
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one of the wisest men to
have ever lived, he never
wrote down any of his
thoughts..
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we know about him is
based on the written
works of his students and
contemporaries
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Based on the works of

Plato, Xenophanes and
Aristophanes.
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SOCRATES
he was the son of a stone mason
and a midwife he most likely
had a basic Greek education
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he was not aesthetically
good-looking
(during a time when external
beauty was very important)
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he served in the
military during the
Peloponnesian War
 Peloponnesian War
A war fought in ancient Greece between Athens and Sparta—
the two most powerful city-states in ancient Greece at the time
(431 to 405 BCE)
Peloponnesian War
This war shifted power from
Athens to Sparta, making
Sparta the most powerful city-
state in the region.
Peloponnesian War
The war featured two periods
of combat separated by a six-
year truce.
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He might have worked
as a stone mason
before turning to
philosophy.
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He was an
outspoken critic of
this way of life,
he grew to have
many enemies.
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The one detail that
has been well
documented-
Socrates’ death.
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In 399 BCE, he was arrested

and brought to trial with charges
of being unreligious and
corrupting the city’s youth.
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sentenced to
death by
poisonous
drink
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He drank the
poison
without any
hesitation.
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SOCRATES’
DEATH
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The unexamined life
“

is not worth living.”

(His famous saying…)
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He believed that..
in order for a person to be
wise,
that individual must
be able to understand
himself.
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He believed people
should develop their
SELF, rather than
concentrate on material
objects.
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He sought to
understand the
difference between
ACTING GOOD and
BEING GOOD.
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It was in the new and unique
way that he approached
KNOWLEDGE,
CONSCIOUSNESS and
MORALITY that Socrates
would forever change
philosophy.
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A discussion happened
between Socrates and a
pupil on a particular issue,
and through a series of
questions…
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A dialogue
and also a
discussion..
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He would set out to discover
the driving force
behind how that individual’s
beliefs and sentiments
were shaped and in so doing,
get closer to the truth.
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By continually asking
questions, Socrates was able
to expose contradictions in the
way an individual
thought, which allowed him to
come to a solid conclusion.
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The Socratic
method is still
widely used
to this day.
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most notably in
law schools
throughout the
United States.
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First, a student
will be asked to
summarize a
judge’s
argument.
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Then, the student

will be asked if he
agrees with the
judge’s argument.
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The professor will then act as devil’s

advocate by asking a series of
questions to make the student
defend his decision.
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By using the Socratic method,

students are able to start thinking
critically and using logic and
reasoning to create their arguments
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the best known,
most widely studied
and most influential
philosopher
of all time.