Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Vocab Terms


Agora- a public open space used for assemblies and markets         

Arête- a sharp mountain ridge

Polis- a city state in ancient Greece, esp. as considered in its ideal form for philosophical purposes

508 bc- Cleisthenes grants full rights to all free men of Athens

Socrates- a philosopher. He is one of the founders of Western philosophy

Death of Socrates- a 1787 oil on canvas painting by the French painter Jacques-Louis David

Socratic Method- a method of teaching by question and answer

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