- Socrates
- he didn't care about appearance and was only interested in the mind
- they started reasoning instead of thinking the gods were everything and did everything
- it was the birth of science
- Thales measured the size of the pyramid by using the shadow of it
- Thales wrote a book on how to sail at night by using the stars
- Socrates used his reason and logic to study people
- he started fighting with someone because he said his eyes bulge out so he can see farther and his nostrils stick out so he can take in more smells (at a drunken dinner party
- THE UNEXAMINED LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING
- the plague
- violent heats on head
- stomach problems
- fever
- dehydration
- they would go out into the street to die
- 1/3-2/3 of the people had it
- Pericles finally got he plague
- he got weak
- he died after 6 months in 429 BC
- everyone wanted to be in charge when Pericles died
- fought in a war against Sparta and lost to defend
- lost 50,000 men
- they went to Athena for help
- 404 BC Athens surrendered to Spartan commander
- he told them to take down walls and burn all but 12 ships
- Socrates got arrested for undermining the youth of the city
- he only had enough time to defend himself by the time the water fell into the other pot
- he demands free dinners for life
- he got sentences to death
- he had to drink hemlock to poison him which was extremely painful
- People started to create a world around logic and reason
Thursday, April 14, 2011
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