https://padlet.com/co20meib/vlco2awihybo lesson 2 Beverly en-us 2017-10-23 23:31:43 UTC 2017-10-26 18:23:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://www.biography.com/.image/t_share/MTE5NDg0MDU1MTAxMjc3NzEx/plato-9442588-1-402.jpg co20meib https://padlet.com/co20meib/vlco2awihybo/wish/200168970 2017-10-24 19:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/co20meib/vlco2awihybo/wish/200168970 co20meib https://padlet.com/co20meib/vlco2awihybo/wish/200174687 In the republic,Plato described his ideal goverment. He divided people into three basic groups. At the top were philosopher kings,who ruled using logic and wisdom.Warriors made up the second group.They defended the state from attack.]]> 2017-10-24 19:19:45 UTC https://padlet.com/co20meib/vlco2awihybo/wish/200174687 co20meib https://padlet.com/co20meib/vlco2awihybo/wish/200177408 the third group included the rest of the people.They were driven by desire,not by wisdom like the first group or courage like the second.These people produced the state's food,clothing,and shelter.Plato also believed that men and women should have the same education and an equal chance to have the same jobs]]> 2017-10-24 19:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/co20meib/vlco2awihybo/wish/200177408 co20meib https://padlet.com/co20meib/vlco2awihybo/wish/200191048 Plato established a school in Athens known as the academy .His best student was Aristole.Aristole wrote more than 200 books on topics ranging from government to the planet and stars(that is why i have this background).In 335 B.C Aristole opened his own school called the Lyceum. At the Lyceum,Aristole taught his pupils the "golden mean"This idea holds that a person should do nothing in excess, for example,a person should not eat too little or too much but just enough to stay well]]> 2017-10-24 20:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/co20meib/vlco2awihybo/wish/200191048 co20meib https://padlet.com/co20meib/vlco2awihybo/wish/200234322 Aristole also helped to advance science. He urged people to use their senses to make observations,just as scientist today make observation. Artistole was the first person to group observations according to their similarities and differences.Then he made generalizations based on the groups of whole facts.]]> 2017-10-25 00:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/co20meib/vlco2awihybo/wish/200234322 co20meib https://padlet.com/co20meib/vlco2awihybo/wish/200234738 Like Plato,Aristotle wrote about government. He studied and compared the governments of 158 different places to find the best from of government. In his book,Politics,Aristotle divided the government into three types.

Government by one person,such as a monarch or a tyrant

government  by few people,which might be a aristocracy or an oligarchy

government by many people, as in a democracy

Aristotle noticed that governments run by a few people were usually run by the rich.He noticed that most democracies were run by the poor.He thought the best government was a mixture of two. ]]> 2017-10-25 00:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/co20meib/vlco2awihybo/wish/200234738 co20meib https://padlet.com/co20meib/vlco2awihybo/wish/200236082 Aristotle's ideas shaped the way Europeans and Americans thought about government.The founders of the United States Constitution tried to create a mixed government that balanced the different types Aristotle had identified. ]]> 2017-10-25 00:14:07 UTC https://padlet.com/co20meib/vlco2awihybo/wish/200236082