Socrates, born in Athens in the 5th century BCE, marks a watershed in ancient Greek philosophy. Bust of Socrates, currently in the Louvre. Of these philosophers, the most famous are Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. A philosopher and mathematician in classical Greece.Ĭlassical Greece saw a flourishing of philosophers, especially in Athens during its Golden Age.
The student of Socrates and author of The Republic. Known for a question-answer style of examination. SocratesĪ classical Greek (Athenian) philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. In philosophy, a paradox or state of puzzlement in rhetoric, a useful expression of doubt. A Greek philosopher who wrote on a number of topics, including logic, ethics, and metaphysics. The student of Plato, tutor to Alexander the Great, and founder of the Lyceum.
The shadows are as close as the prisoners get to viewing reality. Plato has Socrates describe a gathering of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives, facing a blank wall upon which shadows are projected. A paradoxical analogy wherein Socrates argues that the invisible world is the most intelligible, and the visible world is the least knowable and obscure.
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