Greek Philosophers

Question 1

Dialectic method

Answer 1

Conversational approach based in reason and logic

Question 2

Hippocrates

Answer 2

Founded the first school of medicine.
Refused the idea that sickness was punishment from the gods
Hippocratic oath

Question 3

Sophist v. Philosopher

Answer 3

Sophists are workers of wisdom who moved from place to place lecturing
Philosophers are lovers of wisdom, great thinkers

Question 4

The Academy

Answer 4

First dedicated higher learning institution in the Western worlds in Athens.
Founded by Plato

Question 5

Aristotle’s 3 good & 3 bad governments

Answer 5

Good government- monarchy, Aristocracy,Democracy

Bad government- tyranny, Oligarchy, Mob rule

Question 6

Socrates

Answer 6

He was a critic of the sophists didactic method of teaching.
He believed in the power of speech so he left no written records
Founded the Socratic method

Question 7

Archimedean screw

Answer 7

A wooden screw use to gather water from the river.

Created by Archimedes

Question 8

The Republic

Answer 8

Plato created the republic that outlined a modern representative democratic government’s structure

Question 9

Pythagoras

Answer 9

He was a mathematician, who believed the world could be understood through numbers.
Made the heliocentric model
Famous for Pythagorean theory a^2+b^2=c^2

Question 10

The Socratic Method

Answer 10

Formulated by Socrates
1- Adult ignorance
2- Never rely on tradition
3- Continuously question
4- Formulate your own ideas
5- Test your opinions with others