Post #68 2-21-18

Today we took some notes

Philosopherlapalooza- Socrates 

• looked to science and logic (not mythical gods) for an explanation of how the world worked

• The socratic method fostered critical thinking 

More of socrates 

• The unexplained life is not worth living
• Socrates with carved with serious crimes 

          - Impiety (disc discresponding the gods) 

    

          - Corrupting the youth of Athens 

• At his trail he described himself as a stinging gradually and Athens as a lazy horse 
• Found guilty by the Athen jury, and sentence to death, by drinking ham-lock (nasty way to go)  

Planto Carries On 

• Plato was a student and follower of sacrates
• 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 

• Aristotle was a student of plato 
• he helped foster then idea of Athens as an intellectual destination 

his school- The Lyceum- Focussed cooperative research- building on knowledge gathered from all over the world 

Did Aristotle invent the internet? 

• Not exactly, but heh did dream of having then sum of man Kind's knowledge easily accessed on one location 

• He wrote extensively on such topics

- Logic- Physics- biology 

-Ethics- politics- thetric

- Motion- Theatre- poetry 

- metaphysics- physchology- dreams....and on and on 

• He also tutored Alexander the Great