Chapter 3 - Socratic Period Flashcards
focused on physics or the discovery of nature
cosmo centric
reason based
logocentric
Crete means
excellence
psyche means
soul
his philosophy deals with how the soul achieve excellence
Socrates
teacher of Plato
socrates
what did socrates believe as the most challenging thing in life
knowing oneself
socrates defined soul as
non-materialistic and imperceptible by senses
” the only thing I know is I know nothing’
socrates
why is socrates regarded as midwife and gadfly of Athens
- midwife - guid others to give birth to knowledge
- gadfly - annoying and provoking
socrates’ starting point of philosophical anthropology
discovery of man’s soul as arete
who emphasized the importance of knowledge
plato
According to ? intellect must be always cultivated
plato
According to plato why must we continuously cultivate our intellect
bus without knowledge one cannot live a moral life
The human person is a soul not just a body
plato
3 parts of human soul according to plato
rational
spiritual
appetitive
soul guiding our
thinking towards truth
rational
heart of the soul
spiritual
contains our
pleasures, fulfillment, and
desires
appetitive
world exists independently;
perfect, unchanging,
eternal, beyond the senses
World of Forms - plato
world exists dependently; imperfect, changing, known
through senses
world of matter - plato
for socrates and plato, the root of evil is
ignorance
According to plato, what is the solution to overcome evil
knowledge of good
student of plato
Aristotle