Greek Philosophy Greek Philosophy

PythagorasPythagoras (c. 570–c. 495 (c. 570–c. 495 BC)BC)

Credited with Credited with creating first proof creating first proof of “Pythagorean of “Pythagorean Theorem”Theorem”

First realized the First realized the relationship between relationship between musical notes and musical notes and mathmath

May have been May have been given credit for the given credit for the work of otherswork of others

Socrates (470-399 BC)Socrates (470-399 BC) famous for the Socratic famous for the Socratic

MethodMethod ask questions and ask questions and

point out flaws in point out flaws in the answersthe answers

Taught questions Taught questions should be broken into should be broken into smaller portions to be smaller portions to be answeredanswered

Focused more on Focused more on issues of morality than issues of morality than math or sciencemath or science

Plato (428-347 BC)Plato (428-347 BC) student of Socratesstudent of Socrates

Plato (428-347 BC)Plato (428-347 BC) student of Socratesstudent of Socrates taught that the taught that the

only way to find only way to find truth is through truth is through reason because reason because the senses can the senses can deceivedeceive

Plato (428-347 BC)Plato (428-347 BC) student of Socratesstudent of Socrates taught that the only way taught that the only way

to find truth is to find truth is through through reason because the reason because the senses can deceivesenses can deceive

founded the world’s founded the world’s 1st university1st university called the called the

AcademyAcademy Wrote “The Republic” Wrote “The Republic”

detailing his thoughts detailing his thoughts on justice and lawon justice and law

Aristotle (384-322 BC)Aristotle (384-322 BC)student of Plato (at the Academy)student of Plato (at the Academy)taught that the way to find taught that the way to find truth is through a combination truth is through a combination of reason and the sensesof reason and the sensesstudied and wrote about a wide studied and wrote about a wide variety of subjects including:variety of subjects including:

biologybiology astronomyastronomy governmentgovernment

Aristotle (384-322 BC)Aristotle (384-322 BC) student of Plato (at the Academy)student of Plato (at the Academy) taught that the way to find truth taught that the way to find truth

was through a combination of was through a combination of reason and the sensesreason and the senses

studied and wrote about a wide studied and wrote about a wide variety of subjects including:variety of subjects including: biologybiology astronomyastronomy governmentgovernment the artsthe arts ethicsethics

Aristotle (384-322 BC)Aristotle (384-322 BC) student of Plato (at the Academy)student of Plato (at the Academy) taught that the way to find truth was through taught that the way to find truth was through

a combination of reason and the sensesa combination of reason and the senses studied and wrote about a wide variety of studied and wrote about a wide variety of

subjects including:subjects including: biologybiology astronomyastronomy governmentgovernment the artsthe arts ethicsethics

teacher of Alexander the teacher of Alexander the GreatGreat

Euclid Euclid (c. 325–c. 265 BC)(c. 325–c. 265 BC) Greek Greek

mathematician mathematician who lived in who lived in Alexandria, EgyptAlexandria, Egypt

considered the considered the father of geometryfather of geometry

ArchimedesArchimedes (c. 287-212 (c. 287-212 BC)BC) Greek Greek

mathematician, mathematician, physicist, and physicist, and engineer from Sicilyengineer from Sicily

some consider him some consider him to be the greatest to be the greatest ancient ancient mathematicianmathematician