Socrates

 

Greek Values

 

 

Socrates/Plato

 

Questions: 

 

What is Man?

 

What is Truth?

 

Beauty, Goodness?

 

What is the good life?

 

Answers:

 

Forms/Ideal

they Inform the Mind

 

Arete/Virtues

of a thing; its Functioning Excellence

 

of a human; Use of Reason:

to guide appetite and desire

 

Moderation,

 

 

Balance/Harmony,

 

 Know Thyself

 

 

The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living

 

Self, Polis/City State

 

Aristotle

 

Moderation,

 

Courage, Justice

Wisdom

 

Experience

 

Friendships

 

 

Last Updated: 10/19/22