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World History I

World History I. Unit Five Block One Lecture Greek Philosophy. Make sure that you are viewing this in “Slide Show” format. Click on “Slide Show” and push “from beginning”. Move through the presentation by pushing on the “up” and “down” arrows” on your keyboard. Click me.

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World History I

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  1. World History I Unit Five Block One Lecture Greek Philosophy

  2. Make sure that you are viewing this in “Slide Show” format. Click on “Slide Show” and push “from beginning”. Move through the presentation by pushing on the “up” and “down” arrows” on your keyboard Click me

  3. Putting Greece in context Click me Romans (uh oh!) (753 BCE to 476 CE) Ancient Greece (3300 BCE to 146 CE) Persian Empire (631 to 330BCE) Phoenicians (3500 BCE to 300 BCE) Ancient Mesopotamia (2900 BCE to 331 BCE) Ancient Hebrews (done by 73 CE) Ancient Egypt (2700 BCE to 330 CE)

  4. When are the philosophers alive? Click Here

  5. The three major Greek philosophers Click Here

  6. Socrates - 469 to 399 BCE/BC Click Here • Sought to understand and achieve virtue through critical inquiry (“know thyself”) • Used the Socratic method to ask students questions so that they may find answers • Plato is his most trusted student • Died from Hemlock when sentenced to death for corrupting morals of minors The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing

  7. Plato (428 to 347 BCE/BC) Click Here • Student of Socrates who recorded his words and was affected by his death • Founder of the Academy (first western university) • Wrote “The Republic” (reviewed forms of government and concluded that only philosophers are fit to rule – first book on political science) One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors

  8. Aristotle (384 to 322 BCE/BC) Click Here • Student of Plato, but opposed many of Plato’s teachings • Poetics, Rhetoric,Politics (most famous for addressing Plato’s issues) • There is a reality in physical objects, knowable through experience • teacher of Alexander the Great and self-exiled after Alexander’s death We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit

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