Philosophy
 The study of life, _____________________, problems, reality, & reason
 _____________________ = “lovers of wisdom”
 _____________________ =“workers of wisdom”
The Sophists
 Professional _____________________ who traveled Greek ___________________
 Charged fees for their _____________________
Socrates
 _____________________ BCE
 Critic of Sophists but popular with Athens’ _____________________
 The _____________________ Method - Socrates’ _____________________ method
 Continuous _____________________
 Designed to foster deep understandings
 Encourages _________________________________
 Put on trial for _____________________ the youth
 Sentenced to death & drank poison _____________________
Plato
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_____________________ BCE
Student of _____________________
Preserved & continued Socrates’ work
Author of _____________________
Founded a school – The _____________________
Plato’s Academy - Founded in Athens
Described as the 1st European _____________________
Plato’s ___________________ of the Cave - Plato’s story about what is reality and our perception of it.
Aristotle
 _____________________ BCE
 Student at Plato’s _____________________
 Developed _____________________ as a field of study
 Tutored _____________________
 Opened _____________________ – a school
 Influential ideas on ___________________ & ___________________
Legacy of Greek Philosophers
 Encouraged _____________________
 The _____________________ Method and tests on ideas
 Critical thinking about _____________________ and rule