- Socrates:
- Philosopher
- Plato's teacher
- didn't write anything down
- Most known for teaching and comminication skills
- Background:
- Spent all of his life in Athens except for his Military time
- on the legislative council of 500
- Almost nothing is known of his childhood
- Beliefs:
- believed that the best way for ppl to live their lives is to focus on self development opposed to the pursuit of material wealth
- Aristotle:
- student of Plato
- wrote 200 trestles only 31 survived
- Father on the field of logic
- Background:
- Born in Stagira
- son of physician to king of Macedon
- tutor for Alexander the Great
- He attended Plato's academy to learn
- created his own school
- Plato:
- Contributed mainly to the philosophy of metaphysics
- Background:
- Best writer in western tradition
- Most influential writer in philosophy
- born into an Athenian family
- After meeting Socrates, Plato turned to philosophy
- Did they know each other?
- Oui
- When Socrates was 60 Plato was 20 and came to him as a pupil
- When Plato was 60 Aristotle was 17 and came to him as a pupil
- Ranks:
- 1st: Aristotle- Great writer. One of the most founding figures in western philosophy
- 2nd: Socrates- Enigmatic figure
- 3rd: Plato- Founder of academy of Athens
- Athena:
- Gods:
- Zeus- God of the sky and weather
- Apollo- God of light
- Artemis- Female god of hunting
- Aphrodite- Female god of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation
- Posedion- God of the sea, rivers, flood and drought, earthquakes, and horses.
- Venus- God of love, beauty, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory
- Ares- God of War, Battle, civil order, and courage.
- Dionysus- God of Wine and Drunkenness.
- Hephaestus- God of Technology
- Athena- God of wisdom and courage
- Hermes- God of Boundaries and Transitions
- Hades- King of the Underworld and god of death and the dead, wealth of the earth.
- Demeter- God of harvest, grain, and fertility of the earth
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