第八章 高级英语 My graduation speech 12.13段class project.pptVIP

Plato?was a?Classical?Greek philosopher,?mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the?Academy?in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the?Western world.? Plato is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on many subjects, including physics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology. Together with Plato and Socrates (Platos teacher), Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. He was the first to create a comprehensive system of Western philosophy. Democritus? (ca.?460 – ca. 370 BC) was an?Ancient Greek philosopher?born in?Abdera, Thrace,?Greece. He was an influential?pre-Socratic philosopher?and pupil of?Leucippus, who formulated an?atomic theory for the universe. Their speculation on atoms, taken from Leucippus, bears a passing and partial resemblance to the nineteenth-century understanding of atomic structure that has led some to regard Democritus as more of a scientist than other Greek philosophers. A Visigoth would merely scrawl obscenities on the wall. scrawl （= scribble）vt. write, draw or mark hastily or carelessly 乱写；乱画； E.g. He scrawled his name at the bottom. obscenity n. the state of being obscene; obscene word or act 淫秽，猥亵；猥亵淫秽的话（或行为） Paraphrase: a Visigoth would merely write hastily something offensive. 西哥特人将只会在墙壁上涂写一些淫秽下流的话. Paragraph 13 And so, whether you were aware of it or not, the purpose of your having been at this university was to give you a glimpse of the Athenian way, to interest you in the Athenian way. glimpse n. v. (have) a brief, quick look (at) 一瞥，一看 Catch a glimpse of ······ They caught a glimpse of a dark green car. Interest v. make sb. interested in sth Interest sb. in sth. To try to persuade sb. to buy, do,