History of psychology
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The History of Psychology
Socrates was irritated by the Sophists and their tendency to teach logic as a means of achieving self-centered ends, and even more their promotion of the idea that all things are relative. It was the truth that he loved, desired, and believed in. Philosophy, the love of wisdom, was for Socrates itself a sacred path.
Plato can be understood as idealistic and rationalistic. He divides reality into two: On the one hand we have ontos, idea or ideal. This is ultimate reality, permanent, eternal, spiritual. On the other hand, there's phenomena, which are illusions, which decay and die. Ideals are unchanging, perfect.
In 334, Aristotle established in Athens his school of philosophy. Aristotle also pretty much invented modern logic...