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Greek Philosophy
The Age of Greek Philosophy
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10th Grade
02/12/2009

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Thales of Miletus
Definition
World is made of water
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Anaximander of Miletus
Definition
Claimed it was the aperion (boundlessness) which was the universe
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Anaxamines
Definition
Primary substance is air
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Heraclitus of Ephesus
Definition
World is made of FIRE. there is nothing but change.
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Empedocles of Agrigentum
Definition
Four elements:
Earth, Air, Fire, Water.
Jumped into Mt. Etna to his death
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Pythagoras of Samos
Definition
Vegetarian (no beans)
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Socrates
Definition
Wrote nothing.
Convicted of Atheism and corrupting youth.
Suicide by hemlock.
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Plato
Definition
Founded the Academy
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The Apology
[Plato]
Definition
Trial of Socrates
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Crito
[Plato]
Definition
Socrates speaks with friend before committing suicide
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Phaedo
[Plato]
Definition
Actual death of Socrates. Speaks about soul and immortality.
Term
Symposium
[Plato]
Definition
Socrates discusses theories of love
(Platonic Love)
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Gorgias
[Plato]
Definition
Socrates speaks with a friend. Truth and justice will ultimately overcome falsehood and injustice.
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Phaedrus
[Plato]
Definition
Defense of true rhetoric versus false.
Simile of charioteer driving two horses.
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The Republic
[Plato]
Definition
Portrays ideal state or government in which a philisopher king rules a government founded on justice.
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Organon
[Aristotle]
Definition
Work of logic (Syllogism)
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The Poetics
[Aristotle]
Definition
Defines tragedy and discusses its elements
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Nicomachean ETHICS
[Aristotle]
Definition
The Golden Mean.
How to attain happiness
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Metaphysics
[Aristotle]
Definition
Rejects Plato's theory of ideas
Term
Politics
[Aristotle]
Definition
Man by nature is a political animal.
Term
Theophrastus of Lesbos
Definition
Wrote "Characters"
Pupil to Aristotle
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Theocritus of Syracuse
Definition
Idyls (Basis for Vergil's Eclogues)
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Zeno of Citium
Definition
Founder of Stoicism
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Epicurus of Samos
Definition
Founder of Epicureanism
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