The 3 Greats
Anyone who has taken an advanced placement high school English class or attended college has studied about the greatest 3 philosophers of all time. Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle have longed been pegged as the greatest philosophers. Many of our policies and procedures or human relationship norms have come from one of the three or all three.
Socrates was a Greek philosopher and the founding father of Western Philosophy. His works did not become renowned until he was featured in many of Plato’s discussions and dialogues. He then became renowned for his contribution to the field of ethics. Socrates did not write any texts dealing with philosophy or put his views into writing. All that is known about Socrates comes from the recollection of his students but mostly from Plato. The Socratic Paradoxes are:
• No one desires evil
• No one errs or does wrong intentionally
• Virtue is knowledge
• Virtue is sufficient for happiness
Socrates is most known for the quote, “I only know that I know nothing noble and good”.
Plato was a mathematician and philosopher of Classical Greece. Plato was a student of Socrates. Plato received this name because of his broad build. His family was very active in Athens politics. He became more active as a student of Socrates. He founded a school called the Academy which is considered the first European University. His intent was to establish a place where “thinkers” could excel and work toward a better government in Grecian cities. He led and presided over the Academy until his death.
Plato’s different writings were dialogues of ethical issues. The Meno is a work that stresses that no one intentionally does wrong. Phaedo is about the immorality of the human soul. The Republic is the most renowned writing. It is a discussion of the virtue of justice, courage, wisdom, and moderation of the individual and the society. It poses three (3) basic questions:
• How to live a good life?
• What would an ideal State be like?
• What defines a “just” individual?
Those 3 questions lead to more discussions about how to educate citizens, how governments should be formed, the nature of the soul, and the afterlife. Quote from Plato, “Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people find a way around laws”.
Aristotle was a student of Plato’s at the Academy. He was a teacher of Alexander the Great. Aristotle is thought to be the first of the three great philosophers to create a comprehensive system of Western Philosophy which contains morality, science, politics, and metaphysics. He is known for creating the earliest formal study of logic. His ethics were renewed when the paradigm of virtue ethics became a focal point. Aristotle was very influential which was probably why he was given the title, The First Teacher. Quote from Aristotle, “Education is the ornament of prosperity and the refuge of adversity”.
The 3 Greats
Anyone who has taken an advanced placement high school English class or attended college has studied about the greatest 3 philosophers of all time. Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle have longed been pegged as the greatest philosophers. Many of our policies and procedures or human relationship norms have come from one of the three or all three.
Socrates was a Greek philosopher and the founding father of Western Philosophy. His works did not become renowned until he was featured in many of Plato’s discussions and dialogues. He then became renowned for his contribution to the field of ethics. Socrates did not write any texts dealing with philosophy or put his views into writing. All that is known about Socrates comes from the recollection of his students but mostly from Plato. The Socratic Paradoxes are:
• No one desires evil
• No one errs or does wrong intentionally
• Virtue is knowledge
• Virtue is sufficient for happiness
Socrates is most known for the quote, “I only know that I know nothing noble and good”.
Plato was a mathematician and philosopher of Classical Greece. Plato was a student of Socrates. Plato received this name because of his broad build. His family was very active in Athens politics. He became more active as a student of Socrates. He founded a school called the Academy which is considered the first European University. His intent was to establish a place where “thinkers” could excel and work toward a better government in Grecian cities. He led and presided over the Academy until his death.
Plato’s different writings were dialogues of ethical issues. The Meno is a work that stresses that no one intentionally does wrong. Phaedo is about the immorality of the human soul. The Republic is the most renowned writing. It is a discussion of the virtue of justice, courage, wisdom, and moderation of the individual and the society. It poses three (3) basic questions:
• How to live a good life?
• What would an ideal State be like?
• What defines a “just” individual?
Those 3 questions lead to more discussions about how to educate citizens, how governments should be formed, the nature of the soul, and the afterlife. Quote from Plato, “Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people find a way around laws”.
Aristotle was a student of Plato’s at the Academy. He was a teacher of Alexander the Great. Aristotle is thought to be the first of the three great philosophers to create a comprehensive system of Western Philosophy which contains morality, science, politics, and metaphysics. He is known for creating the earliest formal study of logic. His ethics were renewed when the paradigm of virtue ethics became a focal point. Aristotle was very influential which was probably why he was given the title, The First Teacher. Quote from Aristotle, “Education is the ornament of prosperity and the refuge of adversity”.
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