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PhilosophyPhilosophy

AndAnd

EducationEducation

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VideoVideo Greek History and PhilosophersGreek History and Philosophers

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PhilosophyPhilosophy:

An organized system

of thought.Comes from the Greek term:

Love of Wisdom

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Thucydides:Thucydides:

Greatest HistorianGreatest Historian

of the Ancientof the Ancient

WorldWorld

The End of Ancient

Greece

As we knew it.

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SocratesSocrates

A sculptor,whose true love

was Philosophy

Taught for nopay.

Created the

SocraticMethod

questions and

answers

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PlatoPlato

AS

tudent ofAS

tudent ofSocratesSocrates

The Greatest Philosopher ofThe Greatest Philosopher of

Western CivilizationWestern CivilizationUnlike Socrates, heUnlike Socrates, he

wrote down his thinkingwrote down his thinking

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Video: PlatoVideo: Plato

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AristotleAristotle

A student of Plato

Wide ranging interestsincluding ethics, logic,

politics, poetry, astronomy,geology, biology, andphysics.

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Video: AristotleVideo: Aristotle

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HerodotusHerodotus

Author ofHistoryof the Persian

Wars

It is commonly

regarded as the

first real history inWestern

Civilization.

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ThucydidesThucydides

The greatest historian of theThe greatest historian of theancient world.ancient world.

An Athenian General whoAn Athenian General who

fought in the Peloponnesianfought in the Peloponnesian

War.War.

WroteWrote History of theHistory of thePeloponnesian WarPeloponnesian War

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EratosthenesEratosthenes

Astronomer determinedthat earth is round

calculated circumference24,676 miles

very close to the actualfigure.

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EuclidEuclid

Mathematician who

wrote the Elements,

which was a text book

on plane geometry thatis still used today.