Just a century after it had begun, philosophy entered its greatest age with the appearance of Socrates, who spent so much of his time talking about philosophy on the streets of Athens that he never got around to writing anything down. His method of aggressive questioning, called dialectic, was used to cut through the twaddle of his adversaries and arrive at the truth. Socrates saw the world as not accessible to our senses, only to thought. Finally

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Learn about Archimedes contributions to pure mathematics, such as his approximation of pi, and also laying the groundwork for modern calculus.

Socrates was a peculiar and sometimes puzzling figure: to some, a barefoot, and even dangerous, gadfly, to others a brilliant and revolutionary teacher.

"One of the greatest thinkers of the ancient world is thoroughly examined in this resource. Readers will be introduced to the concepts and tenets of Plato's philosophy, his methods of examining and teaching, and his influence on modern philosophy and political thought, including the influence of his philosophies on political systems such as communism. This book also explores Plato's life and upbringing as a member of the aristocracy and his later...

Presents the true story of a cat who separated from, and reunited with his family when they fled Iraq for safety.

This book presents information on the life of Pythagoras (circa 560 B.C. to circa 508 B.C.), Greek mathematician and philosopher who studied in Egypt for 22 years, spent 12 years in Babylon, and established a philosophical school at Croton, a Greek colony.

"Socrates: A Life Worth Living traces the life and ideas of one of Western Civilization's founding philosophers, whose influence is still felt more than two thousand years later. Socrates is famous for how he died, executed by the Athenian government for corrupting the youth of Athens, but his most important contribution was to challenge the people around him to test their ideas and beliefs in conversation with each other, in the belief that in this...

Describes the life and work of Eratosthenes, the Greek geographer and astronomer who accurately measured the circumference of the Earth.

Examines Plato a great philosopher who developed important theories about government, ethics, love, beauty and even reality.