Day 3

After the war and sickness that hit Athens, Socrates and Athenians started questioning their beliefs. After Pericles' death, they were concerned about the longevity of the democratic government and its values. Philosophers were starting to think about the origins of their beings and the world around them.  Philosophers based their philosophy on these two assumptions: the universe is put together in an orderly way, and subject to absolute and unchanging laws and People can understand these laws through logic and reason. A group of philosophers known as Sophists questioned people's unexamined beliefs and ideas about justice and other traditional values. Protagoras was a famous Sophist. He questioned the existence of Greek gods.