Important Contributions of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

1. Important Contributions of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle By : Ayub Khan Pd.5

2. Socrates • Philosopher. • He believed that absolute standards did exist for truth and justice. • He encouraged Greeks to go farther and question themselves and their moral character. • He once said, ”The unexamined life is not worth living.” • He devoted his life to gaining self-knowledge. • He created a question-and-answer approach to teaching , known as the Socratic Method.

3. Plato • Philosopher, and student of Socrates. • He wrote down the conversations of Socrates. • He wrote his most famous work, The Republic. In it, he set forth his vision of a perfectly governed society. It was not a democracy. In this ideal society, all citizens would fall into 3 groups: farmers and artisans, warriors, and the ruling class , which consisted of a philosopher-king. • In 387 B.C, he founded a school of philosophy called the Academy.

4. Aristotle • Philosopher, and one of Plato’s brightest students. • He questioned the nature of the world and of human belief, thought, and knowledge. • He invented a method for arguing according to rules of logic. • He later applied this method to problems in the fields of psychology, physics, and biology. His work provides a basis of the scientific method used today. • In 335 B.C, he opened his own school of philosophy called the Lyceum. It eventually rivaled the Academy. • He also tutored Alexander, son of King Philip II.

5. Bibliography • McDougal Littell, Ancient World History • Google Images