ntroduced the notion of reason. I got the impression after reading this theory that all matter had existed originally as atoms, or molecules, that these atoms, infinitely numerous and small, had existed all eternity, and that order was first produced out of this infinite chaos of atoms through the influence of intelligence. He believed that all bodies are simple aggressions of atoms. Here is an example of what I think he means in this theory. A bar of gold, iron, or copper would be composed of inconceivable minute particles of the same material. That example is basically what Anaxgoras’s concept implies. All these things that Sophie was learning about started to really fascinate and excite her. She was able to follow those philosophers idea with her own common sense. Sophie also studies Democritusis’s concept of the atom theory. She felt that he discovered the solution to the problem of basic substance and transformations. She concluded that nature must have been built up of small parts that are never changed. Soon enough began her study of the infamous Socrates. Socrates was a very different man. His belief in a purely objective understanding of such concepts as love, justice, and virtue. He believed that all vice is the result of ignorance, and that no person is willingly badly; correspondingly, virtue is knowledge, and those who knew the right will act right. It wasn’t until the teachings of Socrates, that Sophie finally saw who her philosopher was. She found out, not by meeting him in person, but saw him on a video tape he sent her. The video tape was of him describing to her about Athens, Greece. On the video tape she was given four tasks by a man portraying, Plato. The first task was that she was to think about how could a baker bake fifty cookies to look identical. The second task was to think of why horses are the same. Thirdly, she had to decide whether man is a immortal soul. And finally she had to say whethe...
