Textbook and slideshow notes

Today in class we took notes from the textbook on three philosophers. Socrates believed standards did exist for truth and justice. Encouraged Greeks to go farther and .question themselves and moral character. At 70 years old he was brought to a trial for "corrupting Athens youth and neglecting the city gods. Socrates' apprentice Plato wrote down the conversations of Socrates. He wrote The Republic. His ideal society would fall naturally into three groups: farmers and artisans, warriors, ruling class. The person in the ruling class with the greatest insight and intellect would-be philosopher-king. His writings dominated for 1,500 years. Platos apprentice questioned the nature of the world and human belief, thought, and knowledge. He invented a method for arguing according to the rule of logic. Basis of the scientific method. He used the method in fields of psychology, physics, and biology.