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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.