Greek philosophers



Greek philosophers

In ancient times there were not different sciences, just one: philo|sophy, which means lover of wisdom. The most advanced territory was Miletos in Ionia. Ancient thinkers observed stars and movements of planets, but they didn’t make rules. One famous thinker, a mathematician is Thales, with his theorem of geometry and principle elements.

Philosophers were searching answers for questions, like mankind and meaning of life.

In Athens people were taught how to argue and think, as a beginning of philosophy. They convinced others. Sophists (retorics) were the teachers.

The dues are not important, just the ability to argue.

The first important philosopher in the history, accurater in Greece is Socrates. He lived from 469-399 BC. He believed in eternal concepts, like love and justice. He was teaching, and he had a special method, socratic method, and it was based on questioning. He didn’t answer, but he questioned, and after a lot of questions the pupils could answer their own questions. He was killed, because he was said to be an atheist, but truly he was dangerous for the democratic system. He was supposed to drink poison, hemlock plant.

The second important philosopher, Socrates’ student, was Plato. He lived from 428 to 348 BC. He believed that, the physical world is changing, but the shadow of this world is eternal. (The world of ideas” is unchangeable.) It was the first sign of idealism. In an ideal state, he imagined workers, warriors

and aristocrats, too.

The last important philosopher, student of Plato, was Aristotle. He lived from 384 to 322 BC. He organized a workshop in Athens with a lot of animals, plants and materials and he organized these in different systems. He thought there are two different worlds: physical and non-physical, which is more important.

The cradle of the philosophy was in Greece, and the biggest philosophers of the ancient times springed from there, as well.

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