Greek

Philosophers,
Scientists and
Mathematicians
 Socrates
- Interested in the thinking process.
- Asked questions step-by-step to arrive to
a final conclusion, or truth.
- This process of questioning is called
the “Socratic Method.”

- Socrates was brought to trial and

executed.

- He left no writings after his death.

 Plato
- Recorded the speeches
made by Socrates - Plato wrote his ideas about
an “ideal state” in a book
- Aristocrat called The Republic.
- Plato established a - The Republic is the first
school called the book written on political
Academy to train science, or the study of
government leaders. government.
 - Aristotle was one of Plato’s brightest
pupils.

Aristotle - He believed in using your senses to

discover the physical world.

-Aristotle was the first to classify, or

group together, similar plants and
animals.

- Aristotle added to the ideas of other

scientists – he added the 3rd step to the
Scientific Method.
…a hypothesis must be tested to be
proven.
 Aristotle also made contributions in logic.

He developed the syllogism – a method of reasoning

that uses three related statements.

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 Thales
•Thales of Miletus was the first known
Greek philosopher, scientist and
mathematician. Some consider him to
be the teacher of Pythagoras

He studied with the Egyptians and the

Chaldeans.

He is credited with bringing

mathematical and astronomical
sciences to Greece.
•It is reported that he predicted an
eclipse of the Sun on May 28, 585 BC,
startling all of Ionia.

He is credited with five

theorems of elementary
geometry.
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Pythagoras
Loved numbers.
Believed in numbers in music.
Developed the Pythagorean
Theorem.
Euclid
Euclid wrote The Elements, a
book on geometry and
mathematics.

The Elements is the 2nd most

widely translated book and is
considered the best book on
geometry.
Hippocrates
- Called “The Father of Scientific
Medicine”.

- Hippocrates believed diseases came

from natural causes rather than evil
spirits.
-Hippocrates wrote a list of rules about how
doctors should use their skills to help their
patients. Some rules were do no harm and
keep your patients secrets

-These rules are called “The

Hippocratic Oath”.
Additional Greek Scientists:
Archimedes
Aristarchus
Anaximander
Eratosthenes
Hipparchus
Ptolemy