intellectual

Intellectual- Classical Greece

Formation of the city state Socrates Aristotle
 * came naturally because of geography
 * 300 independent city states
 * each at least somewhat ruled by aristocrats (land owning, male, not slaves)
 * because so many different tiny states, political stress resulted (wars)
 * each city state had its own political form (tyranny, democracy, aristocracy)
 * urged people to consider the basis of right action
 * "question what you know"
 * loved and died for (what he believed to be) the good of Athens
 * tutor of Plato
 * tutor of Alexander the Great
 * believed in knowledge based on the observation of phenomena in the natural world
 * considered to be one of (if not the) the greatest philosophers in his time

//Note: science at this time did not promote systematic thinking about nature and science//

-Michelle Cass