南航研究生英语unit1.ppt

Warming–up activities Questions 1) What do you usually talk about when chatting with your friends or classmates? 2) Do you talk about love, what’s your understanding of love? 3) Listen to a story about love and tell whether you agree with the characters in the story 4) Do you know who is the teacher and who is the student? Words in the story wheat field 麦田 wheatear 麦穗 Talking about Socrates Question What do you know about Socrates? General introduction Socrates Classical Greek Athenian philosopher, an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon One of the founders of Western philosophy The father of political philosophy, ethics or moral philosophy Contribution Ironic Modesty: he has a kind of wisdom that each of them lacks: namely, an open awareness of his own ignorance. Questioning Habit: Devotion to Truth Teaching method: Socratic[s?ukr?tik] method Question How do you define an honest man ? Socratic method Socrates’ way of dealing with such questions Socrates (Greek: , , Sōkrátēs; c. 469 BC–399 BC, pronounced in English) was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon, and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes. Many would claim that Platos dialogues are the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity. Through his portrayal in Platos dialogues, Socrates has become renowned for his contribution to the field of ethics, and it is this Platonic Socrates who also lends his name to the concepts of Socratic irony and the Socratic method, or elenchus. The latter remains a commonly used tool in a wide range of discussions, and is a type of pedagogy in which a series of questions are asked not only to draw individual answers, but also to encoura