Socrates was a peculiar and sometimes puzzling figure: to some, a barefoot, and even dangerous, gadfly, to others a brilliant and revolutionary teacher.
Explores Plato's life and upbringing as a member of the aristocracy and his later life as a teacher who had to flee to escape slavery and death for his beliefs.
Readers consider some of the definitions and postulates from this great work. They also learn about ancient Greek civilization and the renowned Greek mathematicians and philosophers who influenced Euclid's thinking.
Readers will find out about Aristotle's early life, his scholarship under Plato, his tutelage of Alexander the Great, and the opening of the Lyceum, his school in Athens.
