500 citations pour apprendre la sagesse avec les philosophes grecs classiques

500 citations pour apprendre la sagesse avec les philosophes grecs classiques

Platon (vers 1428 – 348 av. J.-C.) Disciple de Socrate et maître d’Aristote, il a laissé une oeuvre qui est au fondement de l’histoire de la philosophie occidentale : L’Apologie de Socrate (n° 635) et Gorgias (n° 1075) sont également disponibles en Librio.

Aristotle, 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy, and the Aristotelian tradition. His writings cover many subjects including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theatre, music, rhetoric, psychology, linguistics, economics, politics, and government. Aristotle provided a complex synthesis of the various philosophies existing prior to him. It was above all from his teachings that the West inherited its intellectual lexicon, as well as problems and methods of inquiry. As a result, his philosophy has exerted a unique influence on almost every form of knowledge in the West and it continues to be a subject of contemporary philosophical discussion.