... stages from fish in the water. Palos thought that life started with water, which eventually evolved into humans. Phenophenes noticed fossils and thought that we evolved from those past beings. Plato thought that the human soul was like the stars and that we came from the stars then returned to them after death. And finally, Hippocrates asked if life started with ... water, fire, or some other element. B. Compare and contrast the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle. Plato and Aristotle both had ideas that have an enduring impact on philosophy and civilization. Plato believed that there w...

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... of our economy which was once introduced by the Greek people and our trading methods are still the same. The term, philosophy, was invented by the Greek people like Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Hippocrates, Thucydides, Herodotus and Pythagoras. Philosophy means "love of wisdom". These people were called philosophers, which mean "lovers of knowledge" in Greek. Greeks started questioning about the world around ... & Aristophanes wrote plays that are famous even today. These plays were performed in the theatre. There were great developments in the field of mathematics and medicine. Philosoph...

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... 't go around making people drop their beliefs in the gods and follow his beliefs. If people wanted to listen he allowed them to listen to his thoughts and ideas. Throughout Plato, The Apology, Socrates is trying to reason with the gentlemen of the court and to make them understand that either way he will win. He uses cross-examination to prove ... his points and that is exactly what a sophist would do. In section F of the Apology in Plato, Socrates cross-examines Meletus to get his point across. Meletus stated that Socrates does not believe in any gods, but he starts to contradict himsel...

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... the Greeks, but was also expensive. The people of Greece were a unique group of people, mainly because they were such an intelligent group of socity. With people such as Homer, Plato, Sacrates, Aristotle, and many other people, Greece was able to evolve through knowledge. Philosophy, Science, Language, and Math were all important to the Grecian Society and was a key to development ... of man kind. Today, 1500-2000 after the Grecian Empires reigned, their ideas are still being implemented and thinkers like Plato are being reintroduced because after many years of thinking he is crazy, we ...

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... of Athens however, was the development of philosophy. The Athenians believed that the human mind was capable of understanding everything and of "seeking the wisdom." The fathers of philosophy, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle emerged from Athens, and although they oftentimes did not find the "correct" answer, they asked the correct questions, opening the doors for higher understanding of the worlds and ... ...

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... of Athens however, was the development of philosophy. The Athenians believed that the human mind was capable of understanding everything and of "seeking the wisdom." The fathers of philosophy, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle emerged from Athens, and although they oftentimes did not find the "correct" answer, they asked the correct questions, opening the doors for higher understanding of the worlds and ... ...

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... dialectic, was based on Socrates" question and answer method of arriving at some important truth. Socrates left no writings, but his ideas are preserved in writings of other Greeks, especially Plato. Aristotle also wrote important works, including Poetics, a masterpiece of literary criticism. The government of ancient Greece was also very complex and it set the stage for the way many of ... ...

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