Valerie Friar's Human Geo Blog

Metaphysics- the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of reality epistemology- the branch of philosophy that studied the nature and scope of knowledge Value theory: ethics: the branch of philosophy that studies and evaluates aesthetics: the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of beauty SYNCHRONICITY DÉJA VU *Is there any reason you should treat strangers differently than people that you love? This topic is really interesting but it's messing with my brain, I really like it but at the same time it's kinda scary.

what is the nature of life itself? why do you do what you do? why do you think what you think? why do you feel what you feel? Philos and Mythos- what we'd now roughly call science and storytelling mythos- storytelling philos- science philosophia- the love of wisdom philosophy- the academic study of everything First universities: Plato's academy and aristotle's lyceum Philosophy came to be understood more as a way of thinking about questions. what is the world like?

Today we got into our groups and discussed the topics we want to do our projects in. My group is doing the Olympics, we have a lot of interesting ideas and i'm exited to see how it's gonna turn out! We're going to demonstrate every event and how they did it back then.

Socrates- looked to science and logic for explanations of how the world worked - the socratic method faster critical thinking -"the unexamined life is not worth living" socrates was charged with serious crimes such as impiety Plato- student and follower of socrates -wrote out socrates teachings and described his trial in Apology Aristotle- student of plato -helped faster the idea of Athens as an intellectual destination -his school the lyceum, focused on cooperative research building on knowledge gathered from all over the world

tragedy- a serious drama about common themes such as love, hate, war or betrayal comedy- contained scenes filled with slapstick situations and crude humor Peloponnesian War- war between sparta and athens, athens had a stronger navy but, sparta had a stronger army sparta gaines victory- sparta took over and eventually they signed a truths. The peace didn't last long, athenians sent a huge fleet carrying more than 20,000 soldiers to the island of sicily direct democracy- a form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives classical art- harmony, order, balance and proportion Socrates critic of the sophists believed that absolute standards did exist for truth and justice

In class today we took our test on Ancient Greece. I think I did good but i'm not sure. After, we started taking notes on the greek civilization and all of the things they started, like drama, theatre, history, poetry, architecture and more. The notes also gave a closer look on Sparta and Athens and how they fought in the war.

Today in class we just reviewed for our test by looking over power pint slides we've been looking over for like 2 months. I hope I do good on this test, considering the fact my grade isn't that good right now because I got a 30 on my pop quiz. I'm going to try to study as hard as I can so I can get an A!!

Cleistenes thought that ordinary people should have freedom Aristocrats controlled everything that happened in Cleistenes's home town Reading and writing was a rare skill for Athenians Life expectancy was less than 50 years Regular citizens had no part or share in anything Argos and Athens were important nations Spartans were always a threat to the rest of the greeks Taught young kids to fight from their earliest days There was a book full of fighting tales composed by Homer All determined to seek victory at all costs Believed that Gods came and claimed Athens, having rule and control over everyone The "goddess" was a regular girl from a neighboring village Athens produced one of the best oils in all greece Traded oils across the sea if you did pottery you were very respected Greece is in the middle of an extraordinary grouping of ancient civilizations eastern Mediterranean was the best market place in the world at the time Athenians discovered the natu

Zeus- ruler of heaven and earth, father of Athena; god of the sky, weather, thunder, lightning, law order, and justice. Had a temper and was known to hurt thunder balls. Athena- Goddess of wisdom, skill, warfare and peace. Intelligence, battle strategy, and handicrafts. She was born from Zeus's forehead.  Apollo- god of music, arts, knowledge and heating  zeus was his father, artimes was his twin sister is associated with the sun and his sister is associated with the moon poseidon- god of the sea, rivers, floods, earthquakes. aphrodite goddess of love, beauty, desire her love indited ares god of war demter- goddess of grain, harvest, agriculture.

Today in class, we decided to do a silent protest. It was a joke at first but then we started to realize that sitting in class not hearing about anything can be better than sitting in a class where we question everything that is taught. I love sharing opinions and listening to opinions in this class but it came to the point in which it wasn't an opinion, but statements that made me question why i'm even at school right now, because everything that my teachers are teaching right now could be false. I'm glad we as a class worked in getting this message across, I love the things we learn in here but it has come to the point where it's corrupting my believes.

Today in class we had a very interesting discussion about how people's beliefs and religions are what cause war and confusions in the world. It's crazy to think that all of these arguments and discussions are based on the fact that nobody knows what happens after you die. And nobody's ever going to know, so you just don't know if what you believed in your whole life is true, you'll only know when you're dead. This makes me question reality, like how do we know events in history actually took place, if the only proof is written, and people can write lies. This all started when a slide about greek gods came up, how do we know those were fake, I mean they could've been real, and nobody's ever going to know!

Today in class we kept working on our group project, we filled out a chart for ours. I did research on Draco and I hope we get a good grade on it due to the fact that I have an F in this class.

Today in class we started a group project, ours was about the different rulers of Ancient Greece, this is what I wrote about Draco so far... Draco was an Athenian lawgiver who punished simple crimes with things as harsh as death. He was the first recorded legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece. Instead of using the system of oral laws, he used a written code that could only be enforced by a court. The citizens of Athens thought it would be a great idea to give someone the position of a law giver, but they were unaware of the harsh laws Draco would be establishing. His laws included things such as, murder and involuntary homicide, and debt slavery as a way to repay debts.