Greek Science & Philosophy

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Philosophers

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(b) Scientists

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(c) Persians

• Aristarchus

• Aristotle

• Socrates

• Darius

• Pythagoras

• Plato

• Cyrus

• Xerxes

• Eratosthenes

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Match the following

• Travelling, professional teachers

• Sophists

• Life goal = serve their city

• Stoics

• Makes observations to find the truth

• Socrates

• Life goal = happiness

• Aristotle

• Asks questions to find the truth

• Epicurueans

​ (a)   figured out that the Earth revolved around the Sun.

​ ​ (b)   was nicknamed the "Father of Medicine".

​ (c)   invented Pi and pioneered pulley and lever systems.

• Aristarchus
• Hippocrates
• Archimedes
• Pythagoras

Eratosthenes measured the distance around the entire Earth using just a

Philosophy is focused on asking ​ (a)   things happen, while Science is more focused on ​ (b)   things happen.

• why
• how
• where
• when

Eratosthenes found out that 2% of the Earth's circumference was 800 kilometers.

What is the approximate distance around the Earth that he found, in kilometers?

Mathematical Equivalence

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Which Greek philosopher came first?

• Socrates

• Aristotle

• Plato