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[[Image:School_of_Athens.jpg|thumb|300px|Various influential Greek philosophers in ''The School of Athens'' by Raphael.]]
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
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