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9th grade SS
Classical Civilizations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Confucianism | Confucianism teaches that there is a natural social order to society. Confucius believed in a sense of social order and mutual respect. |
| Socrates | wrote no books- Plato tells us about him; questioned fellow citizens about their beliefs, socratic method- asking questions (why?); put on trial at 70 -jury of 501 citizens; charge: corrupting the cities youth and disrespecting |
| Socrates Cont. | found guilty and forced to drink hemlock |
| plato | he emphasized reason/ ethics, beauty, ideal society; suspicious of democracy, wrote the republic , an ideal state with three classes (philosophers, and workers); women could participate. the academy a school where he taught his own ideas |
| aristotle | also suspicious of democracy-favors a single strong leader; golden mean-moderation in all things: reasons as the guiding force for learning; The Lyceum-school for the study of politics,ethics,logic,biology,literature,physics, the first university |