Greek Words

Agora - was a central public space in ancient Greek city-states. Center for  athletic, artistic, spiritual and political life in the city/state.

Polis - Politics entities ruled by their bodies of citizens. origin of the words politics, metropolitan, poll.

508 BC - The first time in recorded history a people had revolted against their rulers ever. Clienteles was selected to be a leader of the first democracy in Athens.  He establishes a constitution and is often called the "Father of Athenian Democracy"

Socrates - he is a classic Greek philosopher who is credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and was one of the first moral philosophers. 

The death of Socrates - in 399 BC Socrates was trialed for "refusing to recognize the gods recognized by the state" and of "corrupting the youth." And in the end we was punished with death by drinking hemlock.

The Socratic Method - Is also know as the method of Elenchus, elenctic method, or Socratic debate, and is a form of cooperative argumentative dialogue between individual, and to stimulate critical thinking

Idiot by the GreeksBeing self centered and not thinking of the big picture, "too cool to be with the rest of us". Also no contributing to the big picture

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