Many philosophers were teachers. One Greek philosopher, Pythagoras, taught his students that the universe followed the same laws that governed all music and numbers. He believed all relationships in the world could be expressed in numbers. He developed the Pythagorean theorem we use today.
Socrates: Was an Athenian sculptor whose true love was philosophy. He left no writings behind, what we know about him had come from the writings of his students. He believed that an absolute truth existed and that all real knowledge was within each person. He invented the Socratic method.
Plato: One of Socrates' student who was easy to find out about because he had his writings. One work he wrote is called the Republic. It explains his ideas on government. Based on life in Athens, he decided that democracy was not a good system of gov. His ideal government was people divided into three groups. At the top were philosopher kings, the second group was warriors, and the third group was he rest of the people.
Aristotle: One of Plato's best students who studied at the Academy, founded by Plato. Aristotle wrote more than 200 books on topics like government or planets and stars. In 335 B.C. Aristotle opened up his own school called the Lyceum. Here, he taught his students the "golden mean." This idea states a person should do nothing in excess. He helped to advance science.
Socrates: Was an Athenian sculptor whose true love was philosophy. He left no writings behind, what we know about him had come from the writings of his students. He believed that an absolute truth existed and that all real knowledge was within each person. He invented the Socratic method.
Plato: One of Socrates' student who was easy to find out about because he had his writings. One work he wrote is called the Republic. It explains his ideas on government. Based on life in Athens, he decided that democracy was not a good system of gov. His ideal government was people divided into three groups. At the top were philosopher kings, the second group was warriors, and the third group was he rest of the people.
Aristotle: One of Plato's best students who studied at the Academy, founded by Plato. Aristotle wrote more than 200 books on topics like government or planets and stars. In 335 B.C. Aristotle opened up his own school called the Lyceum. Here, he taught his students the "golden mean." This idea states a person should do nothing in excess. He helped to advance science.