Today in class, we talked about the ancient Greeks and we did a little "research" project.
I learned that the agora is the central spot in ancient Greece.
I also learned that "arete" means excellence.
Polis is an ancient Greece city-state. Did you know that polis, or plural poleis, means city or citizenship?
In the year 508 B.C, Cleisthenes granted full rights to all free men of Athens.
Socrates was a classic Greek philosopher who is credited with laying the fundamentals of modern Western philosophy. He made the Socratic method, which is the clarified concepts of Good and Justice. Basically, the Socratic method says that if you have a problem, break it down to a series of questions and you find your required answer in those responses. Socrates died of a forced suicide of Hemlock poisoning.
Did you know that when ancient Greeks called you an idiot, they meant that you were a private person or someone who was not interested in politics.
We also looked at Mr. Schick's blog to read a little bit about Elbert Hubbard and how he died. If you were wondering, he died on a cruise ship that was attacked by German torpedoes.
Our class was basically filled with the research about ancient Greece.
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