苏格拉底介绍英文版.ppt

Socrates The unexamined life is not worth living. ——Socrates Profile Lifetime Thought 1 2 3 Catalogue 1 Profile Who is Socrates Socrates (469-399 B.C.), a famous thinker, philosopher, educator and citizen juror in ancient Greece. Socrates and his student Plato, as well as Plato's student Aristotle, are called "three sages of ancient Greece", and are widely regarded as the founders of western philosophy by later generations. 2 Lifetime Death Middle Age Youth Childhood Childhood Socrates was born in alopeke, and belonged to the tribe antiochis. His father was sophroniscus, a sculptor, or stonemason.His mother was a midwife named phaenarete. The year of birth of socrates stated is an assumed date,or estimate. Contemporaneous sources state he was born not very much later than sometime after the year 471,his date of birth is within the period of years ranging 470 to 469 bc,or within a range 469 to 468 BC (corresponding to the fourth year of the 77th olympiad). Youth Socrates studied sculpture with his father. Later, he read Homer's epic and other famous poets' works, and became a very learned man by himself. He made a living by imparting knowledge, and in his 30s he became a social ethics teacher who did not get paid or set up a library. The peak years of his life! Middle Age Around the age of 40, he became a famous figure in athens. In athens, he argued with many wise men about philosophy, mainly about ethics and education politics. He was regarded as the most intelligent man at that time. He advocates people to know the truth of life and live a moral life. He defines philosophy as “love of wisdom". One of his important points is that I know that I know nothing. Many children of rich and poor families often gathered around him and asked for advice. Socrates often said, " I know that I know nothing." He concluded: “only god is wise. His answer is to indicate that the wisdom of a person is of little value or totally worthless. God is not talking about Socra