Philosopherlapalooza - Socrates

Philosopherlapalooza - Socrates

- looked to science and logic (not the mythological gods) for explanations of how the world worked
- the Socratic Method fostered critical thinking

More Socrates

- "the unexamined life is not worth living"
- Socrates was charged with serious crimes
- at his trial, he described himself as a stingly gadfly, and Athens as a lazy old Horse

Plato carries on

- Plato was a student and follower of Socrates
- He wrote out Socrates' teachings, and described his trial in Apology
- Republic was Socrates' discussion of Justice and the ideal state - one of the most influential books on philosophy ever written

Aristotle

- Aristotle was a student of Plato
- He helped foster the idea of Athens as an intellectual destination
- His school - The Lyceum - focused on cooperative research - building on knowledge gathered from all over the world

Did Aristotle invent the internet

- not exactly, but he did dream of having the sum of mankind's knowledge easily accessed in one location
- he wrote extensively on such topics