Socrates
469-399 B.C.
Socrates was one Of the most
ponerful thinkers in history. He
encouraged his students to examine
their beliefs. Socrates asked them a
series of leading questions to show
that people hold many contradictory
opinions. This method ofteaching by
a question•and.answer approach is
known as the Socratic method. He
devoted his life to gaining selt-
knowledge and once wrote, "There
is only one good, knowledge; and
one evil, ignorance."
HISTORY MAKERS
Plato
427-347 B.C.
Born into a wealthy Athenian family,
Plato had careers as a wrestler and
a poet before he became a
philosopher. He studied with
Socrates. After his teacher died in
399 8.c., Plato left Greece and
traveled to North Africa and Italy.
He later returned to Athens and
founded a school called The
Academy in 387 B.C. The school
lasted for approximately goo years.
It was Plato Who once stated.
"Philosophy begins in wonder."
Aristotle
384-322 B.C.
Aristotle, the son of a physician,
was one Of the brightest students
at Plato's academy. He came there
as a young man and stayed for
20 years until Plato's death. In
335 g.c., Aristotle opened his own
school in Athens called the
Lyceum. The school eventually
rivaled the Academy. Aristotle
once argued, "He who studies how
things originated and came into
being . Will achieve the clearest
view Of them."
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