Trey, Caleb, Zach G, and Dallon- Socrates, Plato, Aristole
Socrates
- He is a Philosopher
- Plato's teacher
- Dont think he wrote anything down
Background info
- Spent most of life in Athens except military time
- Severed Legistative council 500
- Nothing is know about childhood.
Beliefs
- Believed best way for people to live their lives is to focus on self development opposed to material wealth
- Formed the idea the intelligence embodied the knowledge of intelligence
Aristotle
- Majorly in the study and teaching Physics and astronomy in other subjects
- Srudent at Plato
- wrote 200 trestles only 31 survived
Background
- Born in Stagira
- Son of King Macedon
- Tutored Alexander the Great
- He eventually created his own school
Plato
- Contributed to the Philosophy of Metaphysics. Formed the concept that the idea or soul of something must exist before the physical aspect can function
- Best writer in western tradition
- most influential in Philosphy
- Born in Athenian Family
- Creative and influential thinker of the world
- A student of Socrates at the academy in Athens the first institution of higher learning in western world
- Socrates was 60 years old Plato was 20
Ranks
- 1st Artstole- Great writer and a good person, founding figures in western philosophy, first greek Philosopher
- 2nd Socrates- enigmatic figure known chiefly through classical writer
- 3rd Plato- founder of academy of Athens
Todd, Hunter, Cale, Beiker, Sparky- Athena
- Zeus- Many athenian people believed in Zeus. He was the god of the sky and weather and his image appeared on Greek coins
- Apollo- He was the god of Light, he was know for killing a giant snake that was harassing his mother\
- Artemis- Was the female god of hunting, wilderness, and wild animals also the god of childbirth
- Aphrodite-
- Poseidon- He was the Olympian god of the sea rivers, flood and drought, earthquakes, and horses. He supposedly looked as if he were an old man with a dark beard and holding a trident
- Venus- God of love, beauty, sex, fertillity, prosperity and victory
- Ares- God of war, battle, civil order and courage
- Dionysus- God of wine and drunkenness
- Hephaestus- God of technolgy
- Athena- God of wisdom and courage
- Hermes- god of boundaries and transitions
- Hades- He was the King of the Underworld and the god of death ad the dead. Hades was also known as the god of the hiidden wealth of the earth, he made the soil fertile, gave riches of gold, silver and other metals to the ground.
- Demeter- Gods of Harvest, grain and fertilty of the earth
- Hestia- Virgin god of hearth and agriculture
- Hera- female god of woman and marriage
- Orgin of religion- Greek religon was a Predominant form of early Paganism as a result their religion reflected many central ideas and concepts of t earlier forms of Paganism, Religion was a very important
- The prayed to the gods for religious purposes and worshipped the gods because the believed the y controlled the world and controlled everything that happened. They also prayed to thank god and pray for certain things to happen. They also prayed to the god for the same reason people do today. Too believe in something and for answers and explantions
- Monotheist is believing in one god
- Polytheist believing in more then one god
Religon and Mythology differ, but have overlapping aspects. Both terms refer to systems of concepts that are of high importance to a certain community, making statements.
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