Who were philosophers?
Thinkers
What was Socrates's new way of questioning called?
the Socratic Method
What is logic?
The study of reasoning
Who were the philosophers who traveled from polis to polis teaching mathematics, science, and history?
The Sophists
What is rhetoric?
The art of public speaking and debate.
Did Plato record his ideas in writing?
Yes
Why did Athenian leaders believed that the Socratic Method was dangerous?
Because people could publicly question their leaders.
What does the Hippocratic Oath say?
Doctors should do their best to help the patient and protect the patient’s privacy.
Aristotle believed that no one person or group should have what?
Too much power
In Aristotle’s book titled Politics, Aristotle divided government into 3 groups. What is an oligarchy?
Rule by a few people.
What flourished during the Golden Age of Greece?
Arts, architecture and literature
What did the Athenian government charge that Socrates urged young people to do?
Rebel against the government.
Because of his careful research many European and American historians consider who “the father of history?"
Herodotus
Plato wrote the Republic, which presented his plan for an ideal society and government. He organized society into 3 groups. What was the top group?
The philosopher kings
What was the idea of Aristotle’s “Golden Mean?"
People should live moderately.
In ancient times, most people thought their gods controlled nature, however what did Greek scientists believe?
Greek scientists believed that events could be explained logically using reason.
What Greek scientist believed that all relationships could be expressed in numbers?
Pythagoras
Thucydides believed that only who made history?
People
Who was known as a being a physician regarded as the "father of medicine?"
Hippocrates
Aristotle wrote more than 200 works on what topics? such as government, astronomy and political science.
Government, astronomy, and political science.
Aristotle was interested in science. What did he study?
Stars, plants, and animals.