Philosophy

= Philosophy =

philosophers are people who find answers of their own questions. Socrates was one of the greatest Philosophers. He believed people should not stop looking for knowledge 500 BC a few Greeks had started thinking about the explanations that is why they are called Philosophers.

Socrates often challenged peoples answers with other questions. Socrates really challenged people to think and ask questions of there own. Socrates was sentenced to death by drinking poison. > could help them with knowledge
 * The purpose of philosophy is to challenge people's answers to make them think of their own explainations
 * Many of Socrates' students wanted to be like him, including Plato, because he was smart, clever, and also because they admired him
 * "Be as you wish to seem" -Socrates
 * Socrates believed that everyone should look and gain more knowledge as life progresses
 * Socrates wrote a book about an ideal government an it was titled "The Republic"
 * Socrates died by drinking poison
 * Socrates encouraged his students to examine their beliefs by asking a series of questions
 * Socrates lived from 470-399 B.C.
 * Socrates created philosophy, he teached people his ways and became a teacher for students
 * Socrates was the philosopher because he was the best at challenging people's answers
 * people thought he was questioning the gods because meletes accused Socrates of not believing gods
 * Anytus knew who to blame for all the problems Athens had.
 * Plato 427-347bc: Developed idea of perfect society based on virtue
 * Pythathogoras 580-50bc: ran a religious colony in Italy he believed in the importance of numbers & reverd tringles also believed in reincarnation and remembered all the previous lives
 * Plato was the one to create school
 * Plato did to teach Pre Socratic Method and to keep them alive
 * Some people did, and some people didn't , some people did because they realized his teachings
 * Some people didn't because they thought Socrates questioned the gods
 * One comment Socrates mad was that he wanted to educate men, but he didn't know how
 * Plato lived from 427-347 B.C.
 * Aristotle lived from 384-322 B.C.
 * "In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous" -Aristotle
 * Socrates never answered his questions to challenge his students
 * "A good decision is based on knowledge and not on number" -Plato
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