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The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy contains lengthy essays on Pre-Socratic Philosophy, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
David Roochnik’s Retrieving the Ancients is an accessible and well-regarded introduction to Greek philosophy.
If you’d rather have a “Philosophy for Dummies” take on things, try Thomas Cathcart’s Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes.
Mortimer Adler’s Aristotle for Everybody is a great introduction to the philosopher from one of the 20^th century’s most prominent champions of the classics.
“Economic Thought in Ancient Greece” by Jesus Huerta de Soto
Works of the pre-Socratic philosophers
Works of Plato
Works of Aristotle

Greek Philosophy II – Quiz

Aristotle agreed with Plato on many things, but he rejected the Platonic division of ______ and ________.
Aristotle believed that the good life could only be lived within the context of the ________.
Aristotle portrayed virtue as a _______ between two __________.
Identify at least two of Plato’s dialogues discussed in the lecture.
In the “Allegory of the Cave,” the shadows on the wall of the cave represent what?
The account of Socrates’s trial before the Athenian assembly is found in Plato’s ________.
The branch of philosophy that deals with being or existence is called what?
True/False: Plato has influenced the Western tradition in part by helping to shape the way philosophical inquiry is performed.

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