Who was Socrates? Achievements to great Philosophy

Socrates was a greek philosopher in the 469 B.C. He was Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy being en emblematic figure of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato. Many would claim that Plato's dialogues are the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from an antiquity.
Through his portrayal in Plato's dialogues, Socrates has become renowned for his contribution to the field of ethics, and it is this Platonic Socrates who also lends his name to the concepts of Socratic irony and the Socratic method(which means a technique of probing questions). This method was a tool in a wide range of discussions, and it’s use in which a series of questions are asked not only to draw individual answers, but also to encourage fundamental insight into the issue at hand. It is Plato's Socrates that also made important and lasting contributions to the fields of epistemology and logic, and the influence of his ideas and approach remains strong in providing a foundation for much western philosophy that followed. Plato is frequently viewed as the most informative source about Socrates' life and philosophy

At the end Socrates finally end by politic problems who were put in charge to him.

Plato Socrates best student

Plato (428–347 B.C.), along with Socrates (469–399 B.C.) and Aristotle (384–322 B.C.), is one of the three ancient Greek thinkers credited with originating Western philosophy. Born in Athens,Plato (whose real name was Aristocles) studied under Socrates. From Socrates, Plato learned the Socratic or dialectic method, which used logic (the use of reason in thought processes) to achieve clear thinking. After Socrates's death, Plato traveled for more than a decade before founding a philosophy school called the Academy, near Athens. Donors supported the school so students were able to attend free of charge. The Academy flourished after Plato's death, until Emperor Justinian I (483–565 B.C.) ordered it closed in A.D. 529 soon after the beginning of the Middle Ages (c. 450–c. 1500).
Plato made great contributions as the theory of ideas which he developed through his life. Plato believed that by using reason, a person could better understand the nature of goodness and apply it to life through a system called ethics.He dies while he was in bed
Thale the great Philosopher

Thales was a Greek Pre-Socratic philosopher from the Ionian city of Miletus in Asia (c. 620 - c. 546 B.C.). He predicted a solar eclipse, according to Herodotus [see below], and was considered one of the 7 ancient Sages (Plato Protagoras 343a).
Aristotle -- the main source on the philosophy and science of Thales -- considered him the founder of natural philosophy, the first to explain natural phenomena without recourse to mythology. Aristotle says he developed the scientific method, theories to explain why things change, and proposed a basic underlying substance of the world. Such an underlying principle is known as an archê,which in Thales' case was water.
Thales started the field of Greek astronomy and may have introduced geometry into Greece after traveling in Egypt.
Together with Anaximander and Anaximenes, Thales formed the Milesian school of philosophy.

Anaximander Thale’s student

Anaximander of Miletus was thought to be a pupil of Thales and teacher of Anaximenes. Together they formed what we call the Milesian School of Pre-Socratic philosophy. He is credited with inventing the gnomon on the sundial and with drawing a map of the world or better known as cosmology (systematic view of the world) in which people live. Like his teacher, he believed in an arche (principle) that was at the basis of all the universe, but for him, it was an indefinite nature apeiron. All things came out of the apeiron through a process using heat and cold. Anaximander may have been the first to write a philosophical treatise, and in prose. He is said to have created the investigation of nature.
He said that Earth was flat consisting in a top of cylinder and remains in place because it is equidistant from all other things and thus has no disposition to fly off in any one direction. He held that the Sun and the Moon are hollow rings filled with fire. Their disks are vents or holes in the rings, through which the fire can shine. The phases of the Moon, as well as eclipses of the Sun and the Moon, are due to the vents closing up.
Anaximander held an evolutionary view of living things.
Anaximenes Anaximander’s philosophical studentAnaximenes Of Miletus ,  (flourished c. 545 bc), Greek philosopher of nature and one of three thinkers of Miletus traditionally considered to be the first philosophers in the Western world. Of the other two, Thales held that water is the basic building block of all matter, whereas Anaximander chose to call the essential substance “the unlimited.”

There is evidence that he made the common analogy between the divine air that sustains the universe and the human “air,” or soul, that animates people
A practical man and a talented observer with a vivid imagination, Anaximenes noted the rainbows occasionally seen in moonlight and described the phosphorescent glow given off by an oar blade breaking the water. His thought is typical of the transition from mythology to science; its rationality is evident from his discussion of the rainbow not as a goddess but as the effect of sun rays on compacted air. Yet his thought is not completely liberated from earlier mythological or mystical tendencies, as seen from his belief that the universe is hemispherical.

Introduction

Have you ever ask yourself why things exits or from where things came? It’s hard to determine this facts, but from what we know we can find great answer if we search. On back days there was no technology or no instrument to predicate weather. How this question and answers to all we live and think were answered? There were many men who contributed to the way we think and see the world. At first it was Socrates, a Greek philosopher who waspoor but not enough to demonstrate people he had a brilliant mind. Characterized by his knowledge and methods. In a second view it was Plato, Socrates best student. After his masters death he rearranged all his ideas and show them to the world in a form in which his thoughts were demonstrated too.
As this two men demonstrated their knowledge another great philosopher named Thales was the first to explain natural phenomena. Since it was a tradition lend from teacher to student Thales teach Anaximander who then was proclamated the first man who studied cosmology, or the study of the world. Finally this school had another great philosopher named Anaximenes. He was Anaximander’s student and studied the mythology to science. While reading this section you will their greatest attributions to modern Philosophy.

Objectives

* Investigate each of the 5 Philosophers and attributions.

* Determine how they helped in the way we think and act.

* Know their point of view of the world.

Conclusions

Yet we know what these important philosophers did for us. At first Socrates who was like the leader creates an important tool named The Socratic Method which consist of a technique in probing questions were we can find fundamental insights. The Dialogue Method consisting on what the first person brings to talk.

Is important to remember that Socrates had a student whose name was Plato and after his masters death he regrouped all his literary works, plays and other fundamental activities and showthem to the world. Although the idea was copied from his teacher he realizes his knowledge was put in too.

Another important person in philosophy was Thales. He started the field in Greek astronomy and predicted a Solar Eclipse. Thales also had as student, Anaximander. He is said to have created the investigation of nature or studied of Cosmology. Finally at last it was Anaximenes Anaximander’s student. A practical man and a talented observer with a vivid imagination, he noted the rainbows occasionally seen in moonlight and described the phosphorescent glow given off by an oar blade breaking the water. His thought is typical of the transition from mythology to science. All this great Philosophers made an attribution to the way we see things and think now.

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