Plato and Rene
There are a few philosophers that are famous for different
reason, such as the way they write, the way they, teach, or what type of
education that took place to become what they are today in history. The two
philosophers that I decided to write about is Plato, who was very education and
decided that writing things down was a better way to teach then to keep in your
head and just remember. Rene was also a great philosopher that was famous for
his education background that was the founder of geometry. When I first started
to do this project that is what interest me the most about the education. I
will be talking about each of the family background and what leads the two
philosophers to their being famous all these years.
So the first person I will be talking about is Plato because we
have learned about him in class and thought he was interesting in how he grew
up and his different way of teachings that he did. Plato was taught by Socrates
because he thought he was interesting and the way Socrates was teaching. Soon
was going to go into politics because of his background and was determined to
study about law and politics, but Socrates turned Plato away from that idea
around 399 bc. and got Plato’s attention to philosophy. (A+E Television
Networks, LLC. 1996-2013) Socrates teachings were taught by Plato because
Socrates didn’t believe in writing anything down, but rather speak his
teachings from memory. Plato now on the other hand wrote everything down so
that people could see and visualize his teachings. Following the death of
Socrates Plato decided to travel the Mediterranean region for about 12 years to
study mathematics and found that was important to learn and to master. Some of
the other studies he was learning included geometry, geology, astronomy. That
is one of the reason I have chosen to write about Plato because of how educated
he was that inspired me. Philosophy is one of those subjects that I was never
really good at, but I do like learn that keeps me going.
Rene interests me because he was the founder of geometry and
is still being used today. Many people may not know anything about geometry but
I thought any type of math is important as we move into the future. Rene was
very educated and had a background that led him into study of law, politics and
mathematics. After the opening of the college in 1604, he stayed there until
around 6012. (Connor and E F Robertson, 1997) He had a hard time with a lot of
subjects, but had found mathematics was the only thing that has satisfied him.
He specialized in Algebra and Geometry. One of the things I have notice about
Rene is that he looks more into actions then reason and he believes only his
way was the right away. Rene has traveled all around Europe to write and to
study law, politics, and mathematics that was important to him. His father was
also into politics that maybe one of the reasons why Rene took interest in
going to school to learn even if he didn’t like all the other subjects that
were there that was offered to him.
With these two philosophers was easy to pick out and both had
the same similarities that I have found interesting. Rene and Plato and the
same type of goal I believe and studied the same thing is why they were made
famous. I’m looking forward to learn more about their background in what they
believe in, but a lot of documents are lost and is said be taking in from other
scholars of their time.
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