HIST 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Socratic Method, Sophist, Elgin Marbles
19 Jan 2017
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Hist 150 lesson 3 - january 18, 2017. Part of civilized society was the right to own slaves, this started with the greeks. Something that transcends time and has a quality that lasts (this is the question we were asked) ^ means teacher of wisdom, [music, math, etc] set in motion that there is no universal truth. Protagoras- (cid:862)ma(cid:374) is the (cid:373)easure of all thi(cid:374)gs(cid:863) no such thing as universal truth, it depends on the individual relativism- no truth is valid, it will vary in time place and context. Some philosophers questioned the institution of slavery, and they were criticized. Socrates>>plato>>and aristotle - said that there was a universal truth. The first, socrates, got in trouble in athens, charged with corruption & denial of the gods, received death sentence, drank poison. Teacher, taught respect of human reason, challenged many beliefs and traditions. Said you can use the human mind to discover the universal truth.
