Thursday, April 14, 2011

  • Socrates didn't care about his appearance he was only interested in the mind
  • Socrates used his reason and logic to study people
  • they started reasoning instead of thinking the gods were everything and did everything
  • Greece was the birth of science
  • Socrates began to argue with people  saying that he was more handsome then them because his big bulging eyes could make him see farther and clearer, his huge nose could make him sell better
  • Thales measured the size of the pyramid by using the shadow of it
  • Socrates said, THE UNEXAMINED LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING
  •  plague 
  • violent heats on head
  • dehydration
  • fever
  • diarrhea 
  • they would go out into the street to die
  • Pericles died from the plague 
  • 1/3-2/3 of the people had it
  • he got weak
  • he died after 6 months in 429 BC
  • everyone wanted to be in charge when Pericles died
  • fought in a war against Sparta and lost to defend
  • lost 50,000 men
  • he told them to take down walls and burn all but 12 ships
  • they went to Athena for help
  • 404 BC Athens surrendered to Spartan commander
  • Socrates was  arrested for undermining the youth of the city
  • he only had enough time to defend himself by the time the water fell into the other pot
  • he demanded free dinners for life
  • Socrates was sentences to death
  • he had to drink hemlock to poison him which was extremely painful (slow death) 
  • for him and for others he was close with 

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