Ancient Greece

         Today in class we continued on with the word arete and dug further into ancient Greece. We learned that in 508 BC was the first time in recorded history when people revolted against their rulers. The Greeks were able to meet at the agora, with was the center of athletic, artistic, and spiritual life. Also considered a gathering place or a marketplace. They had a sort of meeting where they demonstrated polis, where political entities were ruled by their bodies of citizens.
        As we continued the lesson, we started talking about Socrates. Socrates was a brilliant man and one of the 3 philosophers of ancient Athens. He started out in the working class and was a stonemason before heroically fighting in the Peloponnesian war. As he got older, he started teaching young kids and instead of telling them if their answer was correct or wrong, he would ask them a series of more questions to determine their true beliefs to the extent of their knowledge. This method wound up being named, "The Socratic Method. " This method was essentially what led to the scientific method, used everyday by scientists around the world. Although many thought the socratic method was great, it did have some controversy. Because Athens was so popular and full of brilliant minds, people from all around the world would travel to Athens. However they traveled to Athens teaching with traditional teaching, which centered around Greek Gods. This had people thinking and questioning, and the socratic method was often at odds with traditional teaching. That concluded our lesson and overall I enjoyed today's class and getting to learn new thing that relate to things in my present day.