- looked into science and logic (not mythical gods)
- The socratic method fostered critical thinking
- "the unexamined life is not worth living"
- Socrates was charged with serious crimes
- Impiety (disrespecting the gods)
- corrupting the youth of Athens
- found guilty by Athenian jury (didn't deny it)
- sentenced to death by drinking poison hemlock
Plato:
- Student and follower of socrates
- he wrote down his teachings
- Apology
- Republic
- Allegory of the cave
Aristotle:
- A student of Plato a the Academy
- Athens is an intellectual destination
- Focused on cooperative research
- tutored Alexander the Great
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