Philosophy

Philosophy was very important to Ancient Greece. Socrates was one of these main philosophers. He looked to science and logic instead of simple beliefs. He created the Socratic Method which fostered critical thinking.  A famous quote by him stated,” The unexamined life is not worth living”.  For everything he had done, he was still charged for some serious crimes, including disrespecting the gods and corrupting the minds of the youth. As punishment, he was sentenced to death and drank the poison hemlock.

    Plato soon followed after Socrates. He was a student and follower of Socrates. He wrote 2 books, the Apology and the Republic. Both of the books were based off of Socrates’ teachings.

    Aristotle followed Plato. He helped foster Greece into an intellectual place. His school, the Lyceum, focused on cooperative research. He had an idea of something like the internet. He wanted a central place where you could find knowledge. He wrote extensively on so much.

    The main ideas of this chapter was that living around, and on, the sea led to adaptations. The Grecians had to learn to travel more by boat. The Mycenaean’s learned from the Minoans. The adapted to sea trade and learned a different writing system. Lastly, the Dorians believe Epics were so important because that was how the learned about their culture. The epics told stories that were not written down and they told all about the Gods.