the Socratic Method fostered critical thinking. “The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates was charged with serious crimes: impiety (disrespecting the gods) and corrupting the youth of Athens. at his trial, he described himself as a stinging gadfly, and Athens as a lazy old horse. did not deny what he had done; asked for free dinners. found guilty by an Athenian jury, and sentenced to death by drinking poison hemlock (nasty way to go). Plato was a student and follower of Socrates. he wrote out Socrates’ teachings, 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 (it includes the Allegory of the Cave!)
Thursday, March 5, 2020
it's wednesday my dudes
Today in class we took more notes on philosophy. Here they are: Socrates - looked to science and logic (not the mythological gods) for explanations of how the world worked.
the Socratic Method fostered critical thinking. “The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates was charged with serious crimes: impiety (disrespecting the gods) and corrupting the youth of Athens. at his trial, he described himself as a stinging gadfly, and Athens as a lazy old horse. did not deny what he had done; asked for free dinners. found guilty by an Athenian jury, and sentenced to death by drinking poison hemlock (nasty way to go). Plato was a student and follower of Socrates. he wrote out Socrates’ teachings, 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 (it includes the Allegory of the Cave!)
the Socratic Method fostered critical thinking. “The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates was charged with serious crimes: impiety (disrespecting the gods) and corrupting the youth of Athens. at his trial, he described himself as a stinging gadfly, and Athens as a lazy old horse. did not deny what he had done; asked for free dinners. found guilty by an Athenian jury, and sentenced to death by drinking poison hemlock (nasty way to go). Plato was a student and follower of Socrates. he wrote out Socrates’ teachings, 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 (it includes the Allegory of the Cave!)
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