contributions to western civilization from acient greeks 1

Question: "What were the contributions to Western civilization from the ancient Greeks?"

Throughout history, there have been many contributions to Western civilization from the Ancient Greeks. They made long lasting contributions in the areas of art, architecture, philosophy, beliefs, religion, writings, math, drama, science, government and Olympics, and philosophical teachings such as by Socrates or Plato. In this essay, it will be proven that the Greeks impacted western civilization immensely.

In the areas of philosophy the anti-sophist teacher and philosopher, Socrates, suggests that "The unexamined life is not worth living"(doc 1). This quote can be interpreted by saying that it is good to examine your life, or think over it with great caution, and not make mistakes. In other words, every life is important and should be cared for, or else it is trash and not useful, and shouldn't be lived. In document 2 , Aristotle was a great philosophical teacher, taught to reason and lea...