How did Plato spend his early life?
Student of Socrates, travelling the Mediterranean, writing "dialogues", etc.
What is Plato's most famous dialogue? What's it about? Who's one of its main characters?
The Republic; ideal society; Socrates.
How did Aristotle spend his early life?
Son of wealthy doctor, Plato's student, travelled Greece, went to Macedon, etc.
What is Plato's "Allegory of the Cave"? How about his "Theory of Forms"?
Wow, you really know your stuff! / Sorry, we were looking for...
What is the Socratic Method? How does it work?
Method of inquiry developed by Socrates to find out the truth through challenging questions.
How did Socrates die? Why?
Forced to drink hemlock (poison) for corrupting youth, denying the gods, & embarrassing people, etc.
How did Socrates spend his early life?
Training as a stone mason with his father, fighting in the Peloponnesian War for Athens against Sparta, etc.
What is a syllogism? Make one up.
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion; eg: All humans are mortal, I am a human, therefore I am mortal.
What is philosophy?
The study of the nature, causes, or principles of reality, knowledge, or values, based on logical reasoning.
Which major historical figure was famously tutored by Aristotle?
Alexander the Great.