Ancient History

After reading a little bit about Ancient Greek History* I have a much better understanding of classical Greek Philosophy....and Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.

SOCRATES 

                                                        PLATO        

427 BC - 347 BC

Read more about Plato

                                                            ARISTOTLE

Born: 384 BC in Stagirus, Macedonia, Greece
Died: 322 BC in Chalcis, Euboea, Greece

Read more about Aristotle


Now I am off to read Plato's "Republic"


Plato's Republic also embodies one of the clearest expressions of his theory of knowledge. In The Republic, Plato asks what is knowledge? what is illusion? what is reality? how do we know? what makes a thing, a thing? what can we know? These are epistemological questions – that is, they are questions about knowledge itself. He distinguishes between the reality presented to us by our senses – sight,touch, taste, sound and smell – and the essence or Form of that reality. In other words, reality is always changing – knowledge of reality is individual, it is particular, it is knowledge only to the individual knower, it is not universal.



[*an intro to Ancient History from
http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/lecture8b.html]
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