Sophists

• are philosophers.

• traveled and taught mathematics, science, and history.

• believed that Gods influenced human actions.

• accepted money for their teaching.

Who was Socrates?

• He was a student of Aristotle.

• created a new way of thinking by asking questions.

• He wrote The Republic.

• He asked questions and waited for his students to answer.

I am a student of Socrates and wrote The Republic. I was a teacher and started a school called The Academy.

Socrates

Plato

Aristotle

Who was Aristotle?

• Wrote over 200 books on philosophy.

• He believed people should live moderately.

• Aristotle taught at Plato's Academy.

• He started a school Lyceum called "golden mean."

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Most people thought Gods controlled nature

• True

• False

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