Ch 2 Section 4 History

Who were the Sophists and what were they known for?

• Teaching practical techniques of persuasion such as rhetoric

• Founding the Lyceum

• Questioning and cross-examining other Greeks

• Believing the polis made individuals self-sufficient

What was Socrates' method of teaching?

• Writing books

• Questioning and cross-examining other Greeks

• Founding his own school

• Teaching practical techniques of persuasion

Plato believed that the polis was in accord with nature and its purpose was to _________.

• produce good people

• accumulate wealth

• expand territory through war

• suppress individual freedom

• maintain strict social hierarchy

Who founded the Lyceum and tutored Alexander the Great?

• Socrates

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Sophists

According to Aristotle, what did the polis help individuals achieve?

• Wealth

• Self-sufficiency and reaching their potential

• Fame

• Power

Socrates believed the polis and its laws had a claim on the citizen.

• True

• False