In the article they explain how Ancient Greek Philosophy was a great influence for modern philosophy. The article begins by explaining the thought of the pre-socratic philosophers, who were concerned with what exists, how and where it comes from.
The article focuses mainly in Socrates, Aristotle and Plato. Socrates thought that a person should always try to do well by knowing ourselves. He taught Plato, who was one of the most influential philosophers in Western thought. He expressed his view on ethics, metaphysics, reason, knowledge and human life. Plato taught Aristotle who better earned the label of empiricist. He developed the Scientific method.
The article also takes us to see the influence of the Greek Philosophy into other cultures.
1. The article is 1358 words long.
2. I used Greek Philosophy as the search term and the article’s name is “Greek Philosophy”
3. There was no disambiguation link for this Wikipedia article.
4. In the discussion page I found many interesting comments about disagreements with the article. The one that stood out the most was a guy that made a correction to whoever wrote the Article. The author stated that Socrates taught both Aristotle and Plato. The reader made the correction that Socrates only taught Plato and Plato, with Socrates’ influence, taught Aristotle. The author corrected the article.
5. There have been 500 changes made to the article. The first change was on 1/19/2003 and the last change on 9/8/2008.
6. There are 2 external links provided.
7. There are 7 references listed.
I would recommend this article to someone that it is interested in just knowing the basics about Greek Philosophy. This article has very superficial information, especially when it comes to describe the biography and input of Socrates, Aristotle and Plato on philosophy.
Friday, September 12, 2008
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