Socrates
470-399 BC
Born in Athens
“1st western world philosopher”
Fought war
Question the wisdom of people
Plato's mentor
Renaissance brought return of philosophy and hunt for knowledge
“True wisdom is the knowledge of how little you know”
Martyr for cause of truth
Apology of Socrates- Plato's account of Socrates' defense at trial
Apology = defense
Socrates-Plato-Aristotle-Alexander the Great
Citizens had legally enforced religious duties (ancient Greece)
Socrates had daimon
Socratic method- ask person questions until they say a contradiction proving they don’t
know what they claim to know
“I am wiser than that fellow because neither of us, I dare say, knows anything of great
value, but he thinks he knows a thing when he doesn’t.”
Unexamined life is not worth living
How philosophy can save your life
How ancient Greek philosophy inspired modern CBT, how through CBT people have
access to the therapeutic wisdom of ancient Greeks
Anxiety from drug use early on
CBT invented by American psychologist Albert Ellis from New York
o Trained as a Freudian psychoanalyst in the 1950s
o Looked for other ways to understand emotion
470-399 BC
Born in Athens
“1st western world philosopher”
Fought war
Question the wisdom of people
Plato's mentor
Renaissance brought return of philosophy and hunt for knowledge
“True wisdom is the knowledge of how little you know”
Martyr for cause of truth
Apology of Socrates- Plato's account of Socrates' defense at trial
Apology = defense
Socrates-Plato-Aristotle-Alexander the Great
Citizens had legally enforced religious duties (ancient Greece)
Socrates had daimon
Socratic method- ask person questions until they say a contradiction proving they don’t
know what they claim to know
“I am wiser than that fellow because neither of us, I dare say, knows anything of great
value, but he thinks he knows a thing when he doesn’t.”
Unexamined life is not worth living
How philosophy can save your life
How ancient Greek philosophy inspired modern CBT, how through CBT people have
access to the therapeutic wisdom of ancient Greeks
Anxiety from drug use early on
CBT invented by American psychologist Albert Ellis from New York
o Trained as a Freudian psychoanalyst in the 1950s
o Looked for other ways to understand emotion
