Agora- was a central spot in ancient Greek city-states
Arete- means "excellence of any kind".[1] The term may also mean "moral virtue".
Polis- literally means city in Greek. It can also mean citizenship and body of citizens.
508 BC - The year 508 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire it was known as the year of the Consulship of Poplicola and Tricipitinus
Socrates - was a classical Greek (Athenian) philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. He is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of classical writers
The death of Socrates- is a 1787 oil on canvas painting by the French painter Jacques-Louis David. Like many of his works from that decade, the painting focuses on a classical subject, in this case the story of the execution of Socrates, as told by Plato in his Phaedo.
Socratic Method- named after the classical Greek philosopher Socrates, is a form of inquiry and discussion between individuals, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to illuminate ideas. It is adialectical method, often involving a discussion in which the defense of one point of view is questioned; one participant may lead another to contradict himself in some way, thus strengthening the inquirer's own point.
Being called an idiot in ancient Greece- In ancient Greece, the inventors of democracy set up a law that required every person to vote, regardless of who they voted for. If anyone was found not voting, the person would be publicly marked and labeled an idiot
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