Plato/Socrates Flashcards
Allegory of the Cave
Plato’s allegory to compare the effect of education and the lack of it on our nature
Who said, “True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing”
Socrates
The Socratic Method
a form of argumentative dialogue, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to draw out ideas and underlying preconceptions.
According to Plato, who should be king?
Philosophers
The Academy
The first institution of higher learning in the western world
Who said, “An unexamined life is not worth living”?
Socrates
What is “Philosopher” Greek for? What were philosophers called during the classical period?
- “lover of truth”
- Sophists
How did Aristotle gather empirical evidence?
He observed the world, then came up with a theory that explained it
Platonian Idealism
Plato’s theory of The Form. Unlike Aristotle who observed the world and then created a theory, Plato had to fit his observations into his theory
