Ancient greece: people
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jcoles97801 on April 13, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 socrates | philosopher who believed in an absolute right or wrong; asked students pointed questions to make them use their reason, later became Socratic method |
| Plato | one of Socrates' students; was considered by many to be the GREATEST philosopher of western civilization. Plato explained his ideas about government in a work entitled The Republic. In his ideal state, the people were divided into three different groups. |
| Aristotle | Greek philosopher; teacher of Alexander the Great; knowledge based on observation of phenomena in material world |
| Alexander the Great | son of Philip II; received military training in Macedonian army and was a student of Aristotle; great leader; conquered much land in Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, and Mesopotamia; goal was to conquer the known world |
| Pericles | Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athen's political and cultural supremacy in Greece |
| King Minos | King of the Minoans |
| Hippocrates | Father of Medicine |
| Archimedes | Greek mathematician and physicist noted for his work in hydrostatics and mechanics and geometry (287-212 BC) |
| Pythagoras | Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem |
| Euclid | wrote about geometry |
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