Today in Human Geography we quickly went over what we talked about yesterday, and then we started learning about ancient Greece. We learned a greek word- areté. It means any kind of excellence, a moral virtue, and living up to one's full potential. It involves all of the abilities and potentialities available to humans. We talked about how the highest human potential is knowledge. If areté is knowledge and study, than the highest human knowledge is knowledge about knowledge itself.
We also were asked to define several Greek words, events, and people:
agora- a term for "open place of assembly"
polis- a city state in ancient Greece, often fortified and with a sacred centre built on a natural acropolis or harbor
Socrates- a classical Greek philosopher, viewed by many as the founding figure of Western philosophy
the Socratic method- a form of inquiry and discussion based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and ideas
the Death of Socrates- an oil painting by French painter, Jacques-Louis David; painting of the execution of Socrates. He was convicted of corrupting the youth of Athens and introducing different gods, and was sentenced to die by drinking poison hemlock.
why the year 508 DC is important to the ancient Greeks- they established the first democracy in that year and it's also a year of the pre-julian roman calendar
what the ancient Greeks meant if they called you an idiot- they meant you did not participate in politics
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