Philosophers

Socrates:

• looked to science and logic(not the mythological gods) for explanations of how the world worked
• socrates wanted people to think for themselves
• the socratic method fostered ccritical thinking
• "i cannot teach anybody. i can only make them think"
• "the unexamined life is not worth living"
• death by drinking poison hemlock, could've escapes, but he stood before the law
• he was charged with impiety(disrespecting gods), and corrupting the youth of Athens
• he never apologized for what he did, said he should get rewarded

Plato

• was a student and follower of Socrates
• apology back then was an explanation for something
• he wrote out Socrates' teaching, 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

• 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 the knowledge gathered from all over the world
• wanted everything anyone would ever need to know be available in Athens
• logic-physics-biology
• ethies-politics-rhetoric
• motion-theatre-poetry
• metaphysics-phycology-dreams ect...
• he also tutored Alexander the Great