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Origin of Philosophy

Date & Place

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600 BCE
Athens, Ancient Greece

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Definition of Philosophy

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Love of wisdom

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Fill in the blank

Philosophy influenced _ thought

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Western

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What did Philosophy questioned?

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Center of the universe and what possible role a man may play in it

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Fill in the blanks

Greek Philosophers came up with answers that are _ and _ in nature

Price, 2000

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cognitive and scientific

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Greek Philosophers

In Miletus, what did they and did they not seek?

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YES: Seek natural explanations
NO: Seek supernatural explanations

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Greek Philosophers

What did the philosophers observe?

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Changes and in the world and explain these by understanding the laws of nature

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Fill in the blank: Greek Philosophers

Study change led them to the idea of _

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Idea of permanence

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Fill in the blank: Greek Philosophers

Search for explanations of how the world works by understanding the:

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  1. Element
  2. Mathematics
  3. Heavenly bodies
  4. Atoms
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Greek Philosophers

Another group of philosophers shifted their search and focused on _

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Focused on man

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Greek Philosophers

Understand the _, _, and _

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  1. Nature of human beings
  2. Problems of morality
  3. Life philosophies
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Greek Philosophers

Understand nature and the universe

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Inner world of man

3 questions

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  1. Who am I?
  2. Why am I here?
  3. What do I want out of life?
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Place

_ was the center of Western thought when philosophical thoughts -> nature of human beings

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Athens

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Athens in Ancient Greece

People skilled were called _ and settle arguments by _ and _

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  1. Sophists
  2. Discussion
  3. Debate
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Athens

Sophists were the _

Teaching

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First teacher of the West

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Sophists

Mainly arguments

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Practical things and not metaphysical speculations

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Person

Mentor of Plato

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Socrates (470-399 BCE)

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Enumeration

Socrates wanted to discover the essential nature of _, _, _, and _

Moore & Bruder, 2002

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  1. Knowledge
  2. Justice
  3. Beauty
  4. Goodness
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Socrates’ thoughts were only known through _ (_)

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Plato’s writing (The Dialogues)

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Explain how Socrates was sentenced to death

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Through Plato, Socrates became a brilliant debater that was idolized by many. Angered the Sophists -> Trial -> Death sentence

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Socrates Method

Definition

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Discovering what is essential in the world and in people

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Other term for “Socrates Method”

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  1. Socratic Method
  2. Dialect Method
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Socratic Method involves what?

Search

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Search for the correct and proper definition of a thing

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Socratic Method

What did Socrates do?

DID & DID NOT

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DID NOT: Lecture
DID: Ask questions and engage people

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Goal of Socrates' Teaching
Bring the person closer to the final understanding
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# Socrate's View of Human Nature Socrates famous statement
"The unexamined life is not worth living"
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# Socrate's View of Human Nature Socratic Method | Allowed him to
* Questions people's beliefs and ideas * Exposing misconception * Touch their soul
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# Socrate's View of Human Nature Where do real understanding comes from? | Socrates
Within the person
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# Socrate's View of Human Nature What is true self? | Price, 2000
Soul not the body
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# Socrates' View of Human Nature Virtue is what?
Inner goodness and real beauty is that of the soul
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# Socratic Method What do the Socratic Method force people?
Use innate reason by reaching inside themselves to their deepest nature
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# Socratic Method Aim
Make people think, seek, and ask again and again
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Plato's real name
Aristocles
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Mentor of Aristotle
Plato (428-348 BCE)
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Origin of Plato Place
Athens Aristocratic family
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# Definition Meaning of Plato
Physical built "Wide/Broad"
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# School What did Plato established?
The Academy
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Plato's Metaphysics
Theory of Forms
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# Plato: Theory of Forms What are forms?
1. What are real 2. Objects cannot be encountered with senses 3. Grasped intellectually
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# Plato Characteristics of Forms
1. Ageless, eternal 2. Unchanging, permanent 3. Unmoving and indivisible
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# Plato Dualism | Two Realms
1. The Realm of the Shadows 2. The Realm of Forms
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# Person Plato made use of _ | Method
Socrates' Dialectic Method
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# Platos' View of Human Nature Where do knowledge lies?
Knowledge lies within the person's soul
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# Platos' View of Human Nature Considered human beings as _ of the universal _ | M & M
* Microcosms * Macrocosm
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# Platos' View of Human Nature Plato on Soul
* REASON: Rational & motivation of goodness and truth * SPIRITED: Non-Rational & will or drive toward action * APPETITES: Irrational & desire for pleasure of body
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# Plato Allegory of the Cave
People in the cave only see shadows of reality which they believe are real things and represent knowledge
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# Plato What are real and not real?
REAL: Forms NOT REAL: Shadow
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# Plato Allegory of the Cave | Picture
Ignorance of humanity trapped in the conventional ethics formed by society
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# Plato To know the truth ...
Person must become the truth
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# Plato Theory of Being
The more a person knows, the more he is and the better he is
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# Fill in the blank To _ for _ is to be
To know for Plato is to be
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# Plato What is love?
Love is the force that paves the way for all beings to ascend to higher stages of self-realization and perfection
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# Plato Where do love begin?
Begins with a feeling or experience that there is something lacking
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# Plato Love is a way of _ and _
Knowing and realizing the truth
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# Plato Love is a process _
Process of seeking higher stages of being

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