Philosophers and Writers of Ancient Greece

Considered the founder of Medical science

• Socrates

• Eratosthenes

• Hippocrates

• Aristotle

believed everything could be explained in terms of math

• Pythagoras

• Plato

• Thucydides

• Herodotus

One of the 3 great Greek Philosopher that as far as a perfect government believed you should combine the best of all 3 types of government into a limited democracy

• Aristotle

• Sophocles

• Plato

• Aristophanes

Believed that every field of study had to be studied logically

• Plato

• Hippocrates

• Hubris

• Aristotle

Wrote dialogues, and "theory of forms", believed all material things were imperfect expression of perfect and universal ideas

• Socrates

• Plato

• Herodotus

• Aristophanes

thought education was the key to person growth, taught his students to think for themselves, and used questioning

• Socrates

• Pythagoras

• Sophocles

• Aristotle

First Historian of the Western Word considered the "Father of History"

• Archimedes

• Herodotus

• Aristophanes

• Socrates

His Questions made many people look foolish, he questioned democracy, and sophists, made many enemies, was falsely accused of denying the existence of Greek gods

• Hippocrates

• Plato

• Demosthenes

• Socrates

Philosopher who felt perfection could never be reached in the physical world, also believed an aristocracy of philosophers would be best form of government

• Sophocles

• Plato

• Thucydides

• Aristotle

Best Greek writer of Tragedies that defended many Greek values

• Sophocles

• Pythagoras

• Plato

• Hubris