Intellectual+Greece


 * __Intellect of Classical Greece __**
 * The people Athens were book smart
 * The people of Sparta were taught how the fight in war

**__The Philosophers: __** **Socrates **:
 * Thought people they should consider how their actions would affect their goals
 * Questioned all the time, about everything
 * Died because he encouraged questioning
 * Taught Plato
 * His jail door was left open so he could have lived but it would have meant giving up Athens, the city he loved, so he drank the hemlock

**Plato **:
 * Thought philosophers should rule
 * Study ideas
 * 'Cave Analogy'
 * 'Truth' 'good' 'justice'
 * Thought
 * Taught Aristotle
 * What humans understand is like shadows on a wall, we only see part of the picture

**Aristotle **:
 * More important than Socrates or Plato
 * Stressed the importance of moderation in human + political power
 * __Virtue__(Virtue=moderation)
 * To find excellence in applying philosophy to the real world
 * Practical
 * Came up with the scientific method
 * Taught Alexander the Great

**Alexander the Great **:
 * Expanded from Persia to Egypt to India
 * Conquered Persia
 * Ruled lots of land
 * Stopped conquering because his men didn’t want to push their luck and refused to go on
 * Died at 33 of fever in Babylon

[By: Sydney K.]


 * __ Greek Art and Technology __**
 * Somewhat obsessed with beauty and human anatomy
 * 3 types of design in architecture
 * Doric (simple)
 * Ionic (medium)
 * Corinthian (ornate)
 * No arches till Romans came along
 * Art was a very big part of culture
 * Persia more into math and science
 * Sculpture – Clay
 * Theater
 * God-Based art
 * Not technologically motivated and were ahead in astronomy and science
 * Sparta preferred stories of gods