The Greek Philosophers
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
Socrates
Socrates was convicted at the age of 70 of corrupting the youth.
His friends encouraged him to flee…
• “I will not go against the law. What’s done is done.”
Socrates drank a poison in his cell, rather than facing an
execution.
Socrates
Many of his students mourned his death, especially Plato.
Plato
Plato
• Emphasized reason• Wrote “The
Republic”• Men superior to
women in most instances.
• Student of Socrates
Aristotle
Aristotle
• Student of Plato• Created a special
school called the Lyceum
• Politics, ethics, logic, biology, literature, physics
Student of Aristotle
Herodotus
• Famous Greek historian.• Wrote the Histories.
Hippocrates
• Famous Greek Physician• Hippocratic Oath
Pythagoras
• Greek mathematician
• A* + B* = C*
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