Greek Philosophy and History

He is considered by some to be the greatest historian of the ancient world

• Pythagoras

• Socrates

• Thucydides

He taught that the universe followed the same rules as music and numbers

• Pythagoras

• Socrates

• Aristotle

A student of Socrates who wrote the Republic

• Plato

• Thucydides

• Aristotle

believed that the human mind could understand everything

• Sophist

• Philosopher

• Plato

a traveling professional teacher

• Plato

• Sophist

• Socratic method

a way of teaching still used today

• Philosopher

• Socratic method

• Inquiry

After he compared 158 governments to find the best one, ____ wrote the book Politics.

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Thucydides

• herodotus

Famous Greek philosophers include all of the following, except _____.

• Thucydides

• Socrates

• Aristotle

• Plato

Herodotus is considered the father of history for all of the following reasons, except:

• He championed the practice of oral history

• he tried to separate fact from legend

• He wrote the history of Persian Wars

Which Greek scholar wrote the work The Republic

• Thucydides

• Aristotle

• Plato