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SPOILER!!: And I present you your answers Quote:
Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow  O___O
Was that girl nuts?! Was home-girl crazy?! WHY would she try and shake that Anya girl? What if she hurt her...what if she messed up her brain?! What if she was making things worse? And did she not see how angry Professor Scabior was getting? People needed to stop acting so crazy and wait for the healer. They were only making things more difficult and making Scabior more angry. And NO ONE wanted an angry Professor Scabior! What if he like...went all nuts on everyone because he was so mad? *GULP*
The second year wasn't even sure she wanted to answer, afraid of saying or doing something that might irritate the professor further. She made sure to think about her answer before opening her mouth, that way there was no reason for her to get the wrath of Scabior. "Professor, Plato was a Greek guy who was a philo-philosopher and I think he also created a school." "That he did. The first higher learning institution." He nodded. Quote:
Originally Posted by Magical Soul Louisa... listened to the professor, actually. She just let him go on, his bitter laugh didn't sound bitter to her rather than... amused. It did kind of make sense a bit, the comparison between when the Chamber of Secrets got opened and this situation. His logic made sense to her now, without the yelling and the threats.
Her eyes went to the frozen kid for a second before she sighed and nodded, "Okay. Sorry..." and she sliiiiightly slouched down in her chair.
.... oops! Someone just stirred the boiling anger in Scabior once again. Louisa couldn't help but feel sorry for the-- OH! It was the girl who interrupted her mourning session with ice cream last year, the rude girl. Still, she was a kid who apparently knew 'Anya'. SEEEE why professors shouldn't just discard the issue?
It took the Ravenclaw a couple of gulps, a lot of glances toward the Gryffindor statue and a deep breath in order to finally raise her hand. "He's.. uh.. a Greek philosopher. His time was around... the early 400s BC to middle 300s. He's... an Athenian citizen and student of Socrates."
Another glance toward Anya before Louisa felt more at ease and gave a summary about the writer, "Plato's dialogues have been used to teach a range of subjects, including philosophy, logic, ethics, rhetoric, and mathematics." And just like that, the arguing was over. Scabior didn't smirk or smile. He hadn't won anything, he had only had his time wasted.
"Correct yes." Quote:
Originally Posted by Steelsheen He paused for a moment, thinking things over before replying "I believe.... I believe more on whats written and can be supported by facts however little there are. I also give credit in written works that honestly say what they are-- that they are only theories and observations. Although I do come across many written works that pass themselves off as factual where in truth they are nothing more but conjectures, and as a reader it would be wise to tell the difference between them. But for a whole island to dissapear without a trace?..... No, there will always be some kind of clue left behind, even the worst kind of disasters have always left some tell tale signs of what was once there. I think the only time something truly vanishes without a trace is when they dont want to be found." And he suddenly paused, weighing his last words with what they were discussing. Something clicks in his head "So the people of Atlantis doesnt want to be found?"
Just when he thought things have moved on albeit awkwardly another young Gryffindor-- this time he knew to be the Candy Trolley girl-- went rushing over and shaking the frozen Anya. He winced, mostly because he thinks Anya is still contagious and second because she looked like she might break. But yeah Historian blew his top again.
The irony of Anya talking about Pompeii at the time of her freezing. Because right now the whole class is like Pompeii in the danger of getting buried by Mt Vesuvius-Scabior.
Keep Calm and Carry on right? Actually right now he just wants to Get Up and Get Out.
But he's a Survivor and there is a question.
Up goes the hand again "Plato is a Greek Philosopher and Mathematician, a student of another great Philosopher Socrates and was a mentor of Aristotle. Among many of Plato's written works was the defining of what is present day number theory and arithmetic." Smart boy, but he was looking so deeply into things that could be right there in front of him. "There was some clue. And that would be Plato." Quote:
Originally Posted by Deniiz Joćo paid NO attention to the frozen girl as he had paid NONE in the potions too. He wasn't even excited. He didn't even glance over her. Unless it was Louisa, Aspen, Delilah or Professor Magnus, he didn't really care who was frozen. And of course, unless it was himself. But then again, he wouldn't know it if he was frozen, would he?
Anyway. He didn't plan freezing anytime soon, nor did Louisa, Aspen or Professor... so better to go on with the lesson.
Raising his hand, he said "He is a Greek philosopher. He has a book called 'State'?" Was that the name in English? "His philosophy says we are only reflections in the world." Right? Hopefully he remembered right... he wasn't so sure though. Most of the Greek philosophers told more or less the same thing. "He also thinks world is made of 4 elements..." Right?! Scabior nodded. "He did more but, yes, you are correct.." Quote:
Originally Posted by nogoodforyou As much as Nora didn't really want to admit it... he had a point there. It made sense to not end the lesson, since they had no idea what (or who?) caused all this... freezing thing. She only hoped she wasn't on the soon-to-be-frozen list.
The first one to write about Atlantis... Plato... yes. "He was a Greek philosopher, writer and mathematician," she said after raising her hand, "student of Socrates and mentor of Aristotle." Whaaaat? She loved this part of history. "Hm, yes good job noting his teacher and student." That was really important to note. Quote:
Originally Posted by Macavity Having been looking at his notes as he wrote down a few things, Gideon hadn't noticed Lea go for Anya until it was too late and Scabior was reacting to the other girl's presence beside the frozen girl. The prefect cringed at the points loss and just waited for any other bad reactions the professor had for those who still chose to act out. Sigh.
Couldn't they see it wasn't worth it?
Scabior obviously had no other answers then the healer had so it wasn't like he could do more then he already had sending off his patronus. He might not be happy about it, but he sure knew better then challenge the man. Hearing Selina answer, Gideon reconized the masked anger in her tone and glaced beside him where he knew she was sitting. He threw her as reassuring a smile as he could manage himself, wishing they were close enough to offer a squeeze of her hand but the desks were just enough out reach.
Plato...Plato...must focus on Plato.
Gideon thought on what he knew about the philosopher against what was already said, finally raising his hand to add a tidbit of information. "He founded the Academy in Athens, the first institute of higher learning." "Right." Correct! Good job. Quote:
Originally Posted by THE Govoni
In fact, Dylan HAD noticed that everyone seemed to have been informed on several different levels...
"Professor, I just think it's safe to assume that no one will ever really know what, when, where, or why about the Atlantis situation." He could agree with Vicky there...None of the information could really be relied upon because everything was word of mouth...and exaggerated to impossible extremes. Weren't the stories of that time called Epics, too? That should have been an inkling right there. Nothing was EPIC about real life. Nothing at all. So, naturally...they were embellished!
Anyway, moving on...
When the question was asked...he glared at the Ravenclaws who seemed to know EVERYTHING about the MUGGLE guy. The whole thing had him scoffing in annoyance. Ravenclaws.
Not that it deterred his own answer. The Slytherin wasn't too knowledgeable about those of Ancient times...but what he DID know was that..."Sir, the guy lived a VERY long time ago, hence the EPIC one-name thing of the Ancient times...and I think I remember reading that he'd traveled the world."
"You know what they say, never assume." No. Assuming did two things, none of which Scabior was in the mood to explain now. Quote:
Originally Posted by Meizzner Oh the Professor was getting really angry with everybody who would say anything about Anya. Nigel was a little scared, wondering who else would freeze in this class and if it will be copy of what happened in potions.
OK.. He just had to focus on Plato and answering the Professors question about Plato. Then he could go back to worrying about people freezing and Anya. Nigel really only knew a little more, other than that Plato was the guy who worte about Atlantis so Nigel started to say
"Professor, Plato traveled and wrote a lot."
That was all Nigel knew about Plato other than the Atlantis stuff. "That he did." Write a lot. Smart man that Plato was. Quote:
Originally Posted by KP1 For once Derrick had heard of the Guy everyone was speaking about.He smiled and raised his hand.''Professor Plato lived long ago in Greece.He was a Philosopher as he was many other things.''He explained. "Many, many other things." First and foremost a Philosopher, yes. Quote:
Originally Posted by fanficfanatict Selina could feel her grip tightening every moment around her book. His attitude toward the immovable students infuriated selina. It made her insides boil and her head spin and fog with fury. If it were one of the precious professors that Scabior was close with no doubt his attitude would have been very different. But no, it was a student and WHO THE BLOODY HELL CARED ABOUT STUDENTS? Especially Anya and Kurumi. And whoever else was frozen, them too. Without even noticing it she saw that she was picking the book off of the table and she lowered it trying to even her breathing.
Her eyes shut and she pulled herself remotely together. Then when he asked about Plato she rose her hand and said, "He was a Greek philosopher who was a follower of Socrates, who drank hemlock and died, which Plato never forgave the greek people for doing to his master. He also is most famous for his writing the Republic and the theory of the forms, the divided line, and the allegory of the cave. Oh yeah, and he was a wealthy conservative. Unlike his master."
Was THAT enough information.
Then the healer came in and Selina wanted to stand. But she could not.... Merlin!!! "You know quite a bit." More than expected at least. Quote:
Originally Posted by hpfan18 Annabelle raised her hand, "Professor isn't Plato a famous philosopher? He was know to be the most influential writer of his time." That was all she basically knew about him. A small smile. "That he was, yes." He nodded. Quote:
Originally Posted by Zoe The boy tried not to pay very much attention when a couple of his peers continued to argue with Scabior. Were they really dumb enough to argue with an adult? Yes, it was a terrible thing that their friend or whatever had practically turned into an ice sculpture, but nothing would get done if they continued opposing each other. And one of those arguing was a prefect of all people! It was really rude, especially for those who came to class to actually learn. Merlin, save us all!
After Scabior told off the disruptive students and asked another question, Marshall’s hand rose into the air. He had learned a thing or two about Plato back when he was in America. “Plato was a philosopher that lived a really, really long time ago in Greece.” He paused for a few seconds and then continued, “He wrote a lot of dialogues. Atlantis is mentioned in two of them.”
Marshall then noticed that the healer had arrived. Why, hello there! "Yes." Lived a long time ago, in Greece. Mentiond Atlantis. "Short and simple, I approve." Quote:
Originally Posted by lazykitty
Okay, really!?!? Throwing oneself on a frozen student? What if they had cracked, like ice? Seriously, crazy stupidity at it's finest. Emmanuelle just smirked as Scabior pulled the girl off and yelled at her. In her honest opinion, the girl deserved much more than loosing twenty points.
And moving on. Emmanuelle called up what she could remember about Plato, which wasn't much. "He was a philosopher in Ancient Greece. It is said he taught some guy named Aristole." Honestly, she didn't get what the big deal was with all those Ancient guys. They all sounded incredibly insufferable to her.
Oh good, the nurse was here. Maybe now students would quit randomly throwning themselves on others. And she'd at least tell them if this stuff was contagious...
"He did teach Aristotle yes,." But they were not talking about HIM today. He didn't have anything to do with Atlantis. Quote:
Originally Posted by jujune29th Sophie was still a little worried about the whole freezing thing, but she tried her best to focus. Plato... "That's the guy who said things about the Ideal World, isn't he, professor? A different one from where we live."
She turned her head when Healer Tillstorm walked in. Hopefully she would sort everything out and the Gryffindor girl would be fine! Sophie forced herself to believe that she would be fine, since all of the others had unfrozen a few moments later. Although now some people were still frozen... oh, Merlin. "An ideal state actually but, yes." Close to the same thing. Quote:
Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 Alyssa quickly wrote down what the Professor said about Atlantis and everyone's assumptions about it before trying to remember who Plato was.
When she remembered she raised her hand.
"Professor Plato was one of the famous Greek Philosophers, Mathematicians. He studied under Aristotle and his student was Socrates. With his mentor and his student, they lay the foundation of the Western Philosophy and Science."
"Plato wrote a lot of stuff and one of them was entitled Timaeus and Critias which actually mentioned something about the City of Atlantis." More nodding from the Professor. "Correct" Quote:
Originally Posted by alchemist_18 Wow, he could admit that the Ravenclaw prefect was so reckless. She didn't care about losing so much points but.. As a prefect, actually she should show a good attitude to a Professor, right? And he tried not to laugh when he noticed a Gryffindor girl jumped and shook the frozen girl head. girls sometimes acted so silly, huh?
Okay, back to lesson.
Since he didn't know much about Atlantis, Gary just paid attention to the scary man and he mentioned Plato. Hmm.. The blonde guy knew about the Greek man. He raised his hand and answered. "Plato was a famous Greek Philosopher, a student of Socrates and founder of the Academy in Athens." said him clearly. Another short and simple answer, and he loved it. "Correct yes." He nodded. Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Jory had read a bit on Plato after he became interested in Atlantis, but to be honest the Badger couldn't remember much except for one thing.
He raised his hand. "I believe he was a Greek philosopher,'' he said frowning as he tried to remember if that was it. "You would believe right.." Quote:
Originally Posted by WitchLight27
Fifty points? With Ravenclaw's current standing, they couldn't afford to lose any more points. They could be on that highest spot if only they behaved well and do good in class. Louisa, being their House Prefect most likely understood the importance of earning points and not losing them. They officially were deducted of twenty points earlier.
Plato. He was great philosopher, yes, and a student of Socrates but those were mentioned by her classmates already and she just saved her breath of any more repetitions. Instead, she just took down notes glancing at the frozen Anya from time to time and quickly turning her attention back to the Professor and the one who's reciting.
And when she thought of something different from their answers, her hand shot up in the air, "Plato believes that knowledge is food for the soul." Erin didn't know if that would help in the discussion but she could at least share it.
..and here comes the Healer. If only, Erin could volunteer herself to go with her. She didn't want staying here and freezing in Professor Scabior's class. He didn't seem to care that much. And then she heard Mr. Vanderbilt ask the Healer about some kind of a vaccine or something. That would be great. If they're going to go in line now, she would be up front. Erin stared at the Ravenclaw and nodded.
"Sounds like something a Ravenclaw would say doesn't it?" He smirked. Quote:
Originally Posted by The1HBIC Just when Cece had started to think no one else was going to just freeze in the middle of class it happened again.
After receiving Professor Scabior's patronus she made her way down to the first floor and the History of Magic classroom. Immediately upon entering the room she seen just who this student was. Now why did it have to be little Anya, why couldn't it have been one of those annoying puffer kids? "Professor Scabior, I got here as soon as I could.' Moving closer to him she asked in a hushed voice so as not to alarm the students. "Has anyone else been displaying any symptoms?" If they had she might as well take them with her too. It would save her from having to come retrieve them later.
She really needed to hire some help. He had not been paying enough attention, at least not to who was exiting and entering the room. His eyes flickered to the Healer, slightly surprised to see her making her way up, already in the middle of the class. A bit of relief washed over him, simply because finally students could shut up and listen to his lesson. Scabior flicked his wand, removing the temporary invisible barrier he had just put around the frozen girl.
"Perfect timing too, just finished dealing with rioting students." There was a touch of edge to his voice, he was clearly still annoyed. Symptoms? Dash quick a quick glance around the class before lowering his voice. "That one over there,-" He pointed to Lea who was no at the back of the room. "-Has some obvious brain damage since she tried to shake Anya." Just...so stupid. "Other than that? No. She herself didn't show any symptoms that I am aware of. Started talked, and then just nothing. Froze." So that was that then yes? Cece would take her and hopefully find out a way to return her back to her normal loud self. "If theres anything else...." And if there wasn't? Well, he had to get back to his class.
He cleared his throat a bit, giving Cece a look. "So as many of you said, Plato a famous Greek philosopher who was really interested in learning and promoted higher learning and all of that. And for those of you who have absolutely no clue who he is, just think of him as Tate. Except smarter. Much smarter." Much. More like him probably then, but Dash didn't really promote higher learning.
"Now, because Plato really did influence a lot of people and systems. Think about how possible is it that Atlantis existed. Remember, Plato was the only one to write anything about it. Could a man who had really lived his life based on education and facts really lie about something such as a city existing?" It wasn't his next question. He just let the idea sink in. "It just doesn't seem likely does it? What benefit would it be for him to lie?" None at all.
And so the conclusion was?
"Atlantis is still a real city." Point blank. It was no fable.
"Now many of you believed that the city itself sounded like a wizarding city. Why? Well, for one the rumour of it being underwater." Sounded like something wizards would do. "But if this is the case, was Plato a wizard?" And if they thought he was, WHY, and if they thought he wasn't, still WHY.
Knowing WHAT the man was, would determine, if the city had indeed been filled with Witches and Wizards, or Muggles. OOC: Next post in around 15 hours (once again, give or take, depending on how many replies I get)
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