Socrates and Plato - Council Rock School District



Socrates, Aristotle and Plato

What are you thinking about?

After our reading about Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato in our textbook, check out this website to answer the questions below about the men who taught the world how to think.

Each question has a ranking, which is indicated by the stars next to it. If it has one star next to it, the question is easier, and is only worth ONE STAR. If it has three stars, it requires more work, so it is worth THREE STARS. You can pick and choose which questions you want to answer, but you must accumulate 15 stars total.



You Must Define:

Stoics:

Skeptics:

Epicureans:

Who were the three great Athenian philosophers?

Socrates was a soldier at one time. In what war did he serve Athens as a soldier?

Describe some of the questions that Socrates thought about in his quest for knowledge?

Socrates was a teacher. Who was his most famous student?

Explain why Socrates was put on trial. What was the verdict of his trial? What happened to Socrates?

Read the link for Plato. Describe his famous book, which is still read in colleges called Republic. What did Plato think about most people in Athens? Do you think he was real smart, or just conceited?

Read Plato’s story about the men sitting in the cave. See if you can figure out what he was talking about in the story.

Now for your next assignment, read the link to the Phaedra. See what the early Greeks thought about in their plays.

Now click on the link for Aristotle. What school did he attend? Who was his teacher?

What famous person had Aristotle as a teacher?

What was Aristotle’s main interest? What did he do that was so famous?

What happened to Aristotle in 323 BC?

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