Socrates

Background Information (1)

• He was an Athenian sculptor who loved philosophy
• He was also a critic of the Sophists

Background Information (2)

• He was alive from c.470-399B.C.
• He was arrested for Atheistic beliefs and corrupting the youth of Greece
• He was sentenced to death and was forced to drink hemlock
• His friends came to rescue him but he refused to be rescued and willingly drank the hemlock
• He never wrote down any of his work, but thankfully his student Plato did

Background Information (3)

• Other than the writings of Plato we learn about Socrates from the plays of Aristophanes
• Socrates was the son of a sculptor and a midwife
• He learned his fathers craft at a young age

Why He Is Famous (1)

• He invented the Socratic method
• This method asks students pointed questions to get them to think for themselves
• It also gets them to use reason

Why He Is Famous (2)

• He developed a deductive reasoning system called the Socratic method
• He named his method after himself

Why He Is Famous (3)

• He was a very important thinker in ancient Greece
• He said that the desire for happiness is human motivation
• He thought that the government should be run by philosophers

Impact on the World Today (1)

• His Socratic method is still popular today
• It is used in schools all over the world

Impact on the World Today (2)

• His Socratic method influenced other ideas as well
• One of them is the Scientific method
• It is a popular method that many scientists use today

Impact on the World Today (3)

• The Socratic method helped us understand the world more
• His method helped us to understand our world more
• It has helped kids become better thinkers
• It also teaches kids to be better thinkers

Bibliography Information

• Spielvogel, Jackson. World History Journey Through Time The Early Ages. Columbus: Glencoe, McGraw-Hill, 2005
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TgU7RGO8Afeature=youtube-gtdata
• http://www.biography.com/people/socrates-9488126