The Glory that Was Greece

Do Now 11/12/13

•Please read “Greek Philosophy” and answer one of the four questions on the back of the paper.

•Homework: NONE

Pivotal Question 1

•Who were the main Greek philosophers after the Peloponnesian War?

Greek Philosophers

•Greek thinkers challenged the belief that events were caused by the whims of gods

•Greek Philosophy explored many subjects•Math•Music•LOGIC, or rational thinking

Greek Philosophers

•Three major Greek Philosophers

•Socrates, Aristotle, Plato

Two Forms of Philosophy in Athens

• The Sophist Philosophy• Questioned accepted ideas about the best

form of government and behavior• Success more important than moral truth• Used RHETORIC, the art of skillful speaking

• Socrates’ Philosophy (469-399 BCE)• Critic of the Sophists • Ask questions to lead to self-knowledge

and truth• Socratic Method• Put on trial and executed for corrupting

youth in Athens

Socrates Death by Hemlock

Plato (427-347 BCE)• Socrates death influenced his student,

Plato• Plato distrusted democracy since the

process killed Socrates • Plato described his vision for the ideal

state in his book, The Republic • Three classes: workers to produce the

necessities of life• Soldiers to defend the state• Philosophers to rule• A philosopher king would have ultimate

authority

•What is knowledge and is it dangerous according to the allegory of the cave?

Pivotal Question 3• What government did Plato prefer in

Greece?

• Primary source, Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”• Read silently (4 minutes)• Work with your partner to follow and

answer the six step process