Greek Philosophy Flashcards
Ethics
Moral values of character.
What’s worth fighting for?
Dying for ?
epistimology
a theory of knowledge;
how do we know what we know
Aesthetics
the study of beauty
what is beautiful
what ugly
Political Philosophy
the study of what type of government is most effective
Pre socratics -parmenedes
everything stays the same nothing changes, the only things that changes is our perception
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Heraclitus
everything changes all the time.
“you can’t step in the same river twice”
How did plato form his philosophy
combining the philosophies of Heraclitus and permenedes
Sophists
teachers; self reported wise men
well traveled athenians
They were relativists
socrates
Famously ugly Athenian
Had a rivalry with the Sophists
Why did socrates have a rivalry with the sophists
- socrates is called wise because he says he doesn’t know everything
- the sophists are not wise because they claim to know everything
what is the sophists philosophy?
relativism
what does socrates believes that you can only know the truths if…
you can only know the truths if you use your reason, to deem what’s right and wrong
what is the socratic method?
asking questions so people come to their own realization.
dialectic
exchange of ideas in order to arrive at a truth, an agreed upon truth
what is dualistic metaphysics ?
Spiritual Metaphysics (ideal reality) Material metaphysics (physical reality)
Which reality is more true?
spiritual reality
what is sophocles epistemology?
using your reason, is how you know things.
What is the ladder of truth
reason
understanding
perception
imagination
What is plato’s ethics?
be a philosopher…ask questions until you’re blue in the face. You’re not being you , you’re doing what society wants you to do.
What is plato’s political philosophy?
philosopher kings should rule
Military; police should come next
at the bottom are people
plato’s soul
reason
spirit
appetites
Aristotle’s metaphysics
he does not separate the material and the ideal.
IS NOT DUALISTIC
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Aristotle’s epistemology
perception first
reason comes second
Aristotle’s ethics
two parts to the human, rational and irrational rational - can reason and use logic non-rational- your appetites Rational keeps non rational under control
