1. Good Afternoon!!! 1.NVC 2.The Greek Philosophers – Plato’s The Republic Essential Question: What were the ideas of the Greek Philosophers and how did they influence Western thought?

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4. The Greek Philosophers Philosopher: a wise person that uses human intelligence and reason to solve problems Plato: an Athenian philosopher c. 428 BC – Founder of the Academy, world’s first university – Student of famous philosopher Socrates Socratic Dialogues

5. The Republic The Republic: Plato’s most famous work – Topic is Politics/government – It is a Socratic Dialogue between Socrates (Plato) and Glaukon

6. Plato and the Four Core Values How does Plato’s Republic relate to the FOUR CORE VALUES of Western thought? – Reason – Rights – Individualism – Democracy

7. Plato and Reason Philosophers must rule and philosophers USE reason (knowledge/truth) Plato came to this conclusion by using reason

8. Plato and Rights Everyone must be loved by a ruler= Everyone must have Rights Rulers that currently “discriminate and oppress” must be pushed out = Rights

9. Plato and Individualism Philosopher-King = “political greatness and wisdom must meet together in one person” Philosophers love “all the beings of the earth” = each individual has value

10. Plato and Democracy Plato HATES Democracy – Sees it as Mob Rule: uneducated people make emotional and stupid decisions – The people don’t use their REASON! Trial of Socrates – Plato’s mentor wrongly executed by Athenian Democracy

11. How do Plato’s ideas relate to the FOUR CORE VALUES of Western thought ? CartoonSocratic Dialogue See Plato’s Republic for an example!