PHILOSOPHY.pdf ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHERS

OBJECTIVES:
Identify the notable ancient Greek philosophers.
Explain the famous line of each Philosopher.
Discuss significant ideas, contributions, and achievements of the ancient Greek philosophers.
Realize the value of doing philosophy in obtaining a broad perspective on life.

2. •Identify the notable ancient Greek
philosophers.
•Explain the famous line of each
Philosopher.
•Discuss significant ideas, contributions,
and achievements of the ancient Greek
philosophers.
•Realize the value of doing philosophy in
obtaining a broad perspective on life.

4. No man is free
who cannot
control
himself.

5. -Mathematician and scientist
-Credited with inventing the
Pythagorean Theorem
-Established a community of
learners who were devoted to
the study of religion and
philosophy.
-Some legends also indicate that
he was the first to teach
that the Earth was round.

6. “There is
nothing
permanent
except change.”

7. •Change is a permanent aspect of
the human condition and he was
credited with the saying, "No man
ever steps in the same river twice".
•He also said that opposites attract
and that firewas the base for all
things in the world.
•He was also called "The Obscure"
and the "Weeping Philosopher",
because of the lonely life he led
and the nature of his philosophy.

8. “Nothing exists
except atoms and
empty space;
everything else is
opinion.”

9. •an influential ancient Greek
philosopher and one of
the first advocates of
democracy, equalityand
liberty.
•He was also the first
person, along with his
mentor Leucippus, to
propose that all matter
is composed of tiny
particlescalled ATOMS.
•“The Laughing Philosopher”

10. “I am
looking for
an honest
man.”

11. •A known advocate
of a simpleand
virtuous life. For
him, one should not
only talk of virtue
but should show it
in words and
actions.

12. •His teachings and views were later
developed by his followers and
influenced the development of several
schools of philosophy such as Cynicism
and Stoicism.
•His emphasis on austerity and simplicity
often went to the extreme, and he
was said to have lived like a beggar.

13. “Nothing is
enough for the
man to whom
enough is too
little.”

14. •the founder of the
school of philosophy
called Epicureanism.
•Believed that
Philosophy could enable
man to live a life
of HAPPINESS.

15. •the purpose of philosophy was to
attain a happy, tranquil life,
characterized by:
ataraxia–peace and freedom
from fear and
aponia–the absence of pain.
•believed to have written 300
works, almost none of his writings
are known to have survived.

16. “Strong minds
discuss ideas,
average minds
discuss events, weak
minds discuss
people.”

17. •Made great
contributions
to the field
of ethics.

18. •Known critic of intellectuals during his
time, but he did not claim to be
“wise” and merely considered himself a
“midwife” who helped inquiring minds
achieve wisdom.
•Believed that Philosophy could enable a
man to live a life of VIRTUE.

19. •greatest contribution to philosophy was
the…
Socratic Method–in which discussion,
argument, and dialogue are used to discern
the truth.
-means of examining
a topic by devising a series of questions
that let the learner examine and analyze
his knowledge and views regarding the topic.

20. “We can easily
forgive a child who is
afraid of the dark;
the real tragedy of
life is when men are
afraid of the light.”

21. •a student of Socrates.
•Hewrotedownhisteacher’s
writings and incorporated
some of his own ideas into
them.
•His teachings and writings
were considered the
foundation of Western
Philosophy.

22. •Lasting’s contribution to learning was his
founding of the world's first known
institutions of higher learning, the Academy in
Athens.
•The primarygroundworkofPlato’sphilosophyisa
threefoldapproach–dialects, ethics, and physics.
Dialect–a method of inquiry where two
opposing ideas are discussed in an attempt
to arrive at new knowledge.

23. •THEORY OF FORMS –
everything that exists is based
on an idea or template that
can only be perceived in the
mind.

24. “We are what we
repeatedly do.
Excellence, then,
is not an act, but
a habit.”

25. •A prominent studentof Plato and
the teacherof Alexander the
Great.
•DisagreedwithPlato’s theory of
forms and took a different view
in interpreting reality.
•All ideas and views are based on
perceptionand our reality is
based on what we can sense and
perceive.

26. •consideredoneoftheworld’s greatestancient
philosophers.
•studied a wide variety of subjects,
including science, ethics, government, physics,
and politics, and wrote extensively on
them.
•He believedthatpeople’s concepts and all
of their knowledge were ultimately based
on perception.

27. Give me a place
to stand, and a
lever long
enough, and I will
move the world.

28. •A mathematician,
physicist, engineer,
inventor and astronomer.
•inquires into mathematics
led to earlier
developments which gave
rise to Modern Calculus.

29. •ARCHIMEDES SCREW
-a device for
raising water and
a method for
determining volume
using displacement.

32. Refers to one’s
inner self or
internal
dimension of a
person’s
identity.

34. •NINGAS KUGON
-is aculturaltraitinFilipinoculture
thatreferstothe tendency to start
something with great enthusiasm but
then quickly lose interest or fail
to follow through. This trait is
evident in various aspects of
Filipino society.

35. •What are the key ideas that
we discussed today?
•Who are the ancient Greek
philosophers that were
discussed?

36. In 1 whole sheet of paper,
answer the following:

37. Ancient Greek
Philosophers
Significant Contributions

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Introduction to Philosophy Book pages 7-10