- Unit 8. Philosophy and Science
- Getting Started
  - What Are We Learning
  - Observe and Think
  - Map Your Mind
- Philosophy and Science
  - First Steps of Science
    - Some Scientific Principles
    - Numbers and Paradoxes
    - First Steps of Medicine
    - Greek Tecnological Achievements
  - Philosophy
    - Socrates
    - Plato
    - Aristotle
    - Epicureans and Stoics
    - A Wall for Reflection
- Self-Evaluation Quiz
- Complementary Activities
  - The Greek and Latin Roots of English
  - One Myth, One Song
  - Games, Comics and Stuff
- References

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# Plato

When Plato was a young man, he was a disciple of Socrates. He was 30 years old when Socrates died and he began to write down the contents of their conversations. Practically everything we know about Socrates comes from what Plato wrote down.

Watch this video about Plato and then work with the flash cards below.

## Activity

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## Activity: Plato's Cave

Plato is very well-known for his Allegory of the Cave, which explains the existence of an ideal (perfect) world and a flawed (imperfect) material world, which is a reflection of the former. With this animation, you will understand the issue very well. Then explain it in your own words.

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