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PhilosophyPhilosophyAnd And
EducationEducation
PhilosophyPhilosophy:
“An organized system of thought.”
Comes from the Greek term:
Love of Wisdom
Thucydides:Thucydides:Greatest Historian Greatest Historian of the Ancient of the Ancient WorldWorld
The End of Ancient Greece…
As we knew it.
SocratesSocratesA sculptor, whose
true love was Philosophy
Taught for no pay.
Created the Socratic Method – questions and answers
PlatoPlatoA Student of A Student of
SocratesSocrates
The Greatest Philosopher of The Greatest Philosopher of Western CivilizationWestern Civilization
Unlike Socrates, he Unlike Socrates, he
wrote down his thinkingwrote down his thinking
AristotleAristotle
A student of PlatoWide ranging interests including ethics, logic, politics, poetry, astronomy, geology, biology, and physics.
HerodotusHerodotus• Author of “History
of the Persian Wars”
• It is commonly regarded as the first real history in Western Civilization.
ThucydidesThucydides• The greatest historian of the The greatest historian of the
ancient world.ancient world.
• An Athenian General who An Athenian General who fought in the Peloponnesian fought in the Peloponnesian War. War.
• Wrote Wrote “History of the “History of the Peloponnesian War”Peloponnesian War”
EratosthenesEratosthenes
•Astronomer – determined that earth is round calculated circumference 24,676 miles
• very close to the actual figure.
EuclidEuclid•Mathematician who wrote the Elements, which was a text book on plane geometry that is still used today.