Socrates.ppt

Socrates 1-Socrates （469 BC399 BC）He was a Classical Greek philosopher,who was the most interesting and influential thinker in the fifth century.2-Socrates was a famous ancient Greek thinker,philosopher and educator,he and his student Plato,and Platos student Aristotle called Ancient Greek three-yin”and was more widely considered to be the founders of Western philosophy.Ancient Greek three-yin 3-According to many ancient records,Socrates was born in the golden age of Athens.His father was a carver,and his mother was a midwife.He looks ordinary,plain language,but with the idea of divine.He was born in the moment that won a complete victory in the Persian War,grew up in the Golden Age of Pericles,when the wise men from all parts of Greece gathered in Athens.The democratic system in Athens has brought many new knowledge and freedom.The young Socrates benefited greatly from the period.As well as he got the achievements of his own.4-Something about his life Socrates lived a hard life throughout his lifetime.Regardless freezing winter or sultry summer,he always wore a regular clothes,and often did not wear shoes,pay no attention to eating.But he did not seem to notice these,just dedicated to learning.His life stories,achievements in ideology,recorded by his disciples.5-When he was young,Socrates learned carving craft from his father.Later,he became interested in the works of Homer and other famous poets.He became a knowledgeable person by himself.He made his living by impart knowledge.Over his 30 years,he did not take a reward and not set up a school.He became a social and moral teacher.6-Through his portrayal in Platos dialogues,Socrates has become renowned for his contribution to the field of ethics,and it is this Platonic Socrates who also lends his name to the concepts of Socratic irony and the Socratic method,or elenchus.His contribution7-Elenchus remains a commonly used tool in a wide range of discussions,and is a type of pedagogy in which a series of questions are asked not only to draw individual answers,but to encourage fundamental insight into the issue at hand.8-It is said that Socrates also made important and lasting contributions to the fields of epistemology and logic,and the influence of his ideas and approach remains strong in providing a foundation for much western philosophy that followed.9-Famous remarkLife is like music.It must be composed by ear,feeling and instinct,not by rule.人生如一首乐曲,要用乐感,感情和直觉去谱写.不能只按乐律行事.Know yourself.认识你自己.Our greatest glory consists not in ever falling but in rising every time we fall.我们最值得自豪的不在于从不跌倒,而在于每次跌倒之后都爬起来.I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.智慧意味着自知无知.10-Socrates questioned people about their view of perfection,beauty and virtue.As a result,he found that although they thought that they knew a lot,but in reality they do not know anything at all.So Socrates concludes:he is smarter than others was only in the aspect of which he admitted what he did not know.The wisdom of Socrates caused many stupid politicians in Athens turn to oppose him,leading to the trial of a godless.The death of Socrates11-At last,Socrates was adjudged guilty and sentenced to death.According to the records of Xenophon and Plato,Socrates originally had the opportunity to escape,his students were ready to bribe prison guards to help Socrates flee Athens.But he refused because he learned that he must abide by the laws of this city-state.So he still drinks poison pansy juice.Based on the records,Socrates died quite calm.The death of Socrates12-Athens did not become more brilliant on account of killed Socrates,nor any record about those judges.Socrates went to his God.Which road is better,only God knows.Thousands of walkers are further and further away,but no one can erase from their minds this fictional name-Socrates.13-Thank you!14-