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Line 1: − The Greeks developed many new ideas; some were highly influential and well-accepted and some were very controversial. They founded the Academy in Greece. [[Socrates]] became the first notable teacher in the Academy. He believed that improvement of the soul and questioning of everything was a necessity to learning. He was forced to drink poison hemlock because he questioned Athenian authority.+ − His greatest student was [[Plato]], who believed reason was the key to knowledge. He came up with the Republic, a book that describes a government in which representatives of the people vote on decisions. He thought that philosophers would be the perfect fit for the representative role. His greatest student was [[Aristotle]]. He believed that experience was the right way to gain knowledge. Aristotle eventually founded and supplied the Lyceum. − The Greeks brought revolutionary material to the world. Some of their teachers were even killed for teaching it. Nevertheless, the ideas were extraordinary.
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