According to Plato, what is knowledge?

He traced man the need to philosophize to doubt

“An unexamined life is not worth living.”

A mathematician and scientist, credited with

formulating the Pythagorean Theorem established a community of learners

devoted to the study of religion andphilosophy

Proposed that everything that exists is based on a higher order or plane called logos.

Change is permanent aspect of the human condition; “No man never steps in the

same river twice.”

Study the causes of natural phenomena and was among the first to propose that matter is composed of tiny particles called atoms

One should not only talk of virtue but show it in words and action.

Philosophy could enable man to live a life of happiness

His views gave rise to a philosophy which believes

that wisdom and simple living will result in a life free

of fear and pain

It is a philosophy which believes

that wisdom and simple living will result in a life free

of fear and pain

A means of examining a topic by devising

a series of questions that let the learner examine and analyze his knowledge and views regarding the topic

Considered the foremost philosopher of ancient times

He did not claim to be “wise” and merely considered himself a “midwife”that helped inquiring minds achieve wisdom

Founded the Academy – an institution of higher learning which was the first of its kind in the Western World

Plato attended the academy and prominent student of Aristotle all ideas and views are based on

perception and our reality is based on what we can sense and perceive

Dialectic is a method of inquiry where two unimposing ideas are discussed in an attempt to arrive at new knowledge

Analyzing is the process of which specific statements are

analyzed to reach a conclusion or generalization

“My philosophy comes from a worldview that looks at

the world as one. -Aristotle

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