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ARISTOTEL
BIOGRAPHY
➢ He was born in the Classical era at Stagira, a city in northern Greece. Aristotle
was raised by a guardian when his father, Nicomachus, passed away while he
was a young boy. He enrolled in Plato's Academy in Athens at the age of
seventeen or eighteen and stayed there until he was thirty-seven.
LIFE
➢ He was probably raised in his family's Stagira home after his parents passed
away when he was still a little child. He was sent to Athens at the age of 17 to
study in Plato's Academy. He spent 20 years there as a pupil and instructor,
leaving with both a high regard for and a lot of criticism of his teacher's views.
WORK
➢ The great ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle is known for his contributions to
mathematics, physics, biology, psychology, rhetoric, metaphysics, ethics, and
politics. Despite spending twenty years as Plato's pupil, he is renowned for
opposing the latter's idea of forms.
CONTRIBUTION OF PHILOSOPHY
➢ Aristotle is regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of antiquity and is

credited with making significant contributions to logic, criticism, rhetoric,
physics, biology, psychology, mathematics, metaphysics, ethics, and politics. He
studied Plato for twenty years, yet he is well known for disagreeing with Plato's
notion of forms.
MY REFLECTION
➢ Aristotle believed that the goal of all human life is to achieve ultimate
happiness. Happiness is the final Utopia or the end of “a life worth living.”
Human instinct is characterized by achieving personal fulfillment, thus leading
to happiness.
SOCRATES
BIOGRAPHY
➢ Sophroniscus, a stonemason, and Phaenarete, a midwife, welcomed Socrates

into the world at Athens in the year 469 BCE. Socrates was unable to claim
noble birth like Plato because his family was neither exceptionally wealthy nor
indigent.
LIFE
➢ Infantry with a shield, long spear, and face mask, sometimes known as
hoplites. During the Peloponnesian War, he took part in three military
operations at Delium, Amphipolis, and Potidaea, where he helped to save the
life of Alcibiades, a well-liked Athenian general.
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➢ Socrates, unlike other philosophers of his and our times, never left any written
records, yet he was devoted to living simply and questioning the common beliefs
and opinions of individuals in his own Athens.
➢ His major contributions to the discipline include the Socratic Method, which
helps the critical study of hypotheses, conceptions of preexistence and an
immortal soul, as well as theories concerning morality and wrongdoing.
MY REFLECTION
➢ Socrates was a very wise man who was concerned with upholding morality. He
held that having a dialogue and exchanging ideas were the best means to
develop ideas, and that the "Socrates method"—a sequence of questions
directed in one direction—was the finest way to educate people.
THALES
BIOGRAPHY
➢ Despite being an engineer by trade, Thales appears to be the earliest recorded

Greek philosopher, scientist, and mathematician. He is thought to have been
Anaximander's teacher (611–545 BC), and he was the Milesian School's first
natural philosopher.
LIFE
➢ Thales started out as a merchant, likely following in the family's footsteps.

Thales visited Egypt in his final years, where he studied mathematics and
astronomy. He might have visited Babylon, and if so, Nebuchadnezzar would
have been in power at the time.
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➢ Thales discovered how to measure an object's shadow when a body and its
shadow are of identical length in order to determine the height of pyramids and
all other like items.
➢ However, it's possible that his method of thinking was his greatest contribution
to philosophy. By striving to find physical causes for everything, Thales
contributed to the separation of theory from mythical and religious
interpretations of the cosmos.
REFLECTION
➢ Thales observed that living things require water to remain alive. He also noticed
that water was a catalyst for change because of the way it eroded the soil. He
came to the conclusion that water is the most significant, fundamental,
unifying, and original concept; it is the foundation of life and the Earth.
PHYTOGRAS
BIOGRAPHY
➢ Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the Pythagorean

brotherhood (c. 500–490 bce, Metapontum, Lucanium [Italy]), Pythagoras
developed ideas that influenced Plato and Aristotle's ideas and advanced
mathematics and Western rational philosophy.
LIFE
➢ Pythagoras, who is believed to have been the first pure mathematician to

postulate that everything is a number, was born in Samos in 570 B.C. Even
though Pythagoras is best known for his mathematical theorem, he also
achieved remarkable advancements in astronomy and geometry.
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➢ Even though Pythagoras is best known for his mathematical theorem, he also
achieved remarkable advancements in astronomy and geometry. He established
a philosophical and religious school in Croton, Italy, as well as a music theory.
➢ Pythagoreanism is the philosophy of the ancient Greek thinker Pythagoras (c.

570–c. 490 BCE), which promoted the idea of metempsychosis (the soul's
transmigration into a new body, whether human or animal), as well as a highly
ordered manner of life.
REFLECTION
➢ It's common to refer to Pythagoras of Samos as the first pure mathematician.
Despite being a pivotal role in the growth of mathematics, we know very little
about his mathematical accomplishments. We don't have any of Pythagoras'
works, in contrast to many later Greek mathematicians, for whom at least some
of the volumes they authored are still in existence. Due to the secrecy of the
society he oversaw—a civilization that was equally sacred and scientific—
Pythagoras remains an enigma to this day.
PLATO
BIOGRAPHY
➢ A philosopher in the fifth century BCE was named Plato. He studied under
Socrates and then mentored Aristotle. Many people believe the Academy, which
he created, to be the first Western university. At least 25 philosophical works
were produced by Plato.
LIFE
➢ Near the conclusion of Athens' Golden Age, Plato was born, and the
Peloponnesian War was the period of his upbringing. Around the time Sparta
finally defeated Athens, he attained maturity. After his journey, Plato taught at
the Academy for the remainder of his life, passing away in 348–347 BCE.
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➢ During this time, Plato wrote his most well-known works, including the
Republic, the Symposium, and the Phaedo. He explores philosophical ideas like
authority, love, and the soul in these discussions.
➢ By posing and debating a wide range of philosophical and ethical issues, Plato
carved out a subject matter for philosophy. He created a metaphysics of Forms
to explain the similarities and differences among physical objects.
REFLECTION
➢ His largest contribution, the Theory of Forms or Doctrine of Ideas, which

maintains that the physical world is not the real universe, is commonly referred
to as platonic idealism. The world of ideas, as opposed to our physical world, is
where ultimate reality actually lives.

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ARISTOTEL

➢ Aristotle is regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of antiquity and is

➢ Sophroniscus, a stonemason, and Phaenarete, a midwife, welcomed Socrates

➢ Despite being an engineer by trade, Thales appears to be the earliest recorded

➢ Thales started out as a merchant, likely following in the family's footsteps.

➢ Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the Pythagorean

➢ Pythagoras, who is believed to have been the first pure mathematician to

➢ Pythagoreanism is the philosophy of the ancient Greek thinker Pythagoras (c.

➢ His largest contribution, the Theory of Forms or Doctrine of Ideas, which

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