Philosophers

Philosophy - Ancient Greece Edition

Socrates, Plato and Aristotle

One of the most unique and wonderful Greek achievements was philosophy. This was the special way Greeks attempted to make sense of the world, in a non-religious way

What is Philosophy?

Rather than using myths and legends to understand the world, they began to use their reasoning and intelligence.

What is Philosophy?

Multiple Choice

Philosophy marked the beginning of Ancient Greeks moving away from myths and legend and using....?

• logic and reasoning

• religion

• books

• other people

in latin "Philo" means love and "Sophia" means wisdom.

So the word philosophy really means the love of wisdom



What does the word wisdom mean to you? talk to your table and come up with a definition for wisdom (without googling it!)

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What is Philosophy?

​Defined as the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgement.

Wisdom

Multiple Choice

What does the word Philosophy mean in latin?

• love of education

• love of wisdom

• love of science

• love of people

Here is an example of a type of question philosophers may ask themselves:

What exists?

Here is an example of a type of question philosophers may ask themselves:

Are people born good or evil?

Here is an example of a type of question philosophers may ask themselves:

Do we have free will?

There most famous philosophers in Ancient Greece were

1. ) Socrates

2.) Plato

3.) Aristotle ​

(You can remember them using the acronym SPA )

​The Big Three

Multiple Choice

Who was NOT a famous Greek Philosopher?

• Aristotle

• Socrates

• Plato

• Alexander the Great

Socrates, who lived from 469-399 BC, was one of the most influential philosophers of all time. His teaching style called the Socratic Method, involved asking his students questions and correcting them, so that they would come up with the right answers.

Socrates

​1.) Doing what is right no matter what

2.) Asking others and yourself a lot of questions to find the answers
Being selfless

3.) Identify and tell the truth


4.) Do not fear death, you cannot fear what you do not know

Socrates taught:

Famous Socrates Quotes:

“Be nicer than necessary to everyone you meet. Everyone is fighting some kind of battle.” – Socrates

“Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.” – Socrates

“The mind is everything; what you think you become.” - Socrates

“Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.” – Socrates

Multiple Choice

What was the method of teaching called where Socrates would ask questions to lead people to the right answer?

• Socrates

• 20 Questions

• Socratic Method

• Aristotle

​Plato was Socrates students

He is famous for writing a book called "The Republic" which is still studies in colleges all over the world

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Plato

1.) Rely on logic to make decisions

2.) Justice is important

3.) Good v. Evil

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Plato taught:

“The measure of a man is what he does with power.” - Plato

Plato Quotes:

“No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.” - Plato

“False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.” - Plato

“Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.” - Plato

Aristotle was Plato's student and he was famous for tutoring Alexander the Great.

Aristotle focused more on finding the balance in life and using science to make decisions

Aristotle

"You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor." - Aristotle

Aristotle Quotes:

"You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor." - Aristotle

“A friend to all is a friend to none.” - Aristotle

“A friend to all is a friend to none.” - Aristotle

“Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods.”- Aristotle

Reorder

number the philosophers from first to last (1st is the oldest, 3rd is the youngest)

• Socrates

• Plato

• Aristotle

1

2

3

• 1
• 2
• 3

Match

Match the following quote to the philosopher

• “Be nicer than necessary to everyone you meet. Everyone is fighting some kind of battle.”

• “A friend to all is a friend to none.” - Aristotle

• “The measure of a man is what he does with power.”

Socrates

Aristotle

Plato

• Socrates

• Aristotle

• Plato

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Round #2

Round #3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osu_gqUamMY

1:05 to 1:11

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