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Greek Philosophers The Big Three

Greek Philosophers The Big Three. Socrates of Athens c.470 BCE-399BCE - 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.”.

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Greek Philosophers The Big Three

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  1. Greek Philosophers The Big Three

  2. Socrates of Athens c.470 BCE-399BCE - 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.

  3. Plato of Athens c427-347 BCE - Recorded the speeches made by Socrates - Plato wrote his ideas about an “ideal state” in a book called The Republic. - Aristocrat - Plato established a school called the Academy to train government leaders. - The Republic is the first book written on political science, or the study of government.

  4. - Aristotle was one of Plato’s brightest pupils. Aristotle 384-322 BCE - 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.

  5. Aristotle also made contributions in logic. He developed the syllogism – a method of reasoning that uses three related statements. Sixth Grade students learn about Ancient Greece. Laura is learning about Ancient Greece. Therefore, Laura is a sixth-grade student.

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