Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Ancient Greece and Philosopher Socrates

Today in Human Geo we learned about one of the great philosophers, Socrates. Socrates made his own method for asking people questions, not to judge them but to instead listen to their answer and their reason why. He would do this outside the Agora and mostly target the audience of younger minds. He would ask them a question about something, let's say for example "What do you think of Greece's government?" He would let his questioned individual answer and then ask him why he thought that. Through this he believed he could teach the people he asked questions to. Now, these people started to think for themselves and that would start to cause trouble. Most people stayed with their traditions and beliefs in God but like travelers, the individuals who strayed away from tradition would bring new ideas to the table and concepts which would defy traditional beliefs. Saying the sun was an object in space and not Achilles chariot stirred most people. Knowing how the world works, different ideas and opinions usually don't mix or end well. 

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