Midterm 1 Flashcards
Preface Key points
attracted to escritoire, bought it placed money book in escritoire, couldn’t open door to get it, took hatchet and hit the escritoire, hidden door opens containing papers, sorts papers between author A and B
Believes that papers prove his position that the inner does not equal the outer, best shown through sedeucers diary
Diapsalmata Key Points
1) origin (believed in objective morality)
2) it is only through opposition that the object of desire is possessed
3) onset of melancholy
4) outlook on future (doesn’t know)
5) busyness is useless
6) time (omnipotent power of time is pulling him forcefully and it is unstoppable. Death will always fulfill its promise to you)
7) fate (promises nothing takes everything)
8) meaning of life (can’t be to work, die or live off someone else)
9) key passage (whether you do or don’t you will regret it)
10) conclusion (reminisces on youth, craves possibilities, chooses laughter)
11) girls no longer amuse me (danish)
Musical erotic keys points
1) elucidates what Johannes is motivated by (ties between Giovanni/johannes, zelina/cordelia)
2) how there is a cultural framework for don Giovanni (he needs to be perceived as a rebel, in ancient greece they would almost smile, but he is a rebel in christianity)
3) music and its tie to sensuality
seducers diary key points
point 1: Plotting: Cordelia doesn’t know what’s going on; impresses her with intellect
point 2: Love: psychological progression of man fallen in love (prepared to give up heaven for her, infatuated with her face, body, proportions )
point 3: Dream: in pursuing Cordelia, he was living out his dream, knows nothing more fun and interesting than this.
point 4: Deception: love is deception, changes w a pimple, must end in deception
point 5: Final Enjoyment: flower faded after final enjoyment
point 6: key letters (come back, lamb, was this all deception?)
Who presents arguments against either or
Alasdair Macintyre
MacIndyre argument 1
if we choose our ethical framework without reason, why are we bound to them? what would prevent someone with a principle in that manner from simply adopting the principles whenever he pleased and changing them whenever he pleased. If that was the case, how is this a moral framework?
How can that which we choose for no reason have any authority over us?
Alastair argument 2
combining Kants traditionally universal ethical framework (truth telling, promise keeping) with radical choice of ethical values, which seems contradictory. They have freedom to choose, but once they choose the morals are fixed, which is incoherent
believes in ability to choose but also believes that ethical beliefs are rigid
author of inner = outer
hegel
what is the difference between don Giovanni and johannes
Don Giovanni represents immediacy, uncontrollable desire for the sensual
johannes is reflective, calculating to not only enjoy the final pleasure but maximize the enjoyment of the entire process, to intellectually masterfully manipulate his target
what is the circulant problem
if someone who has not made the decision were to be presented with the choice between the ethical and the aesthetic, they would be unable to choose - if they aligned with the logic provided by either the ethical or the aesthetic then they have essentially already chosen and the base assumption of them having not made the decision yet is broken
what 4 questions does philosophy aim to answer
1) does the human being have meanings/purpose
2) do specific humans have specific meanings/purposes
3) what would have to be the case in order for there to be meaning (metaphysical question)
4) if there is meaning, how do you find it (epistemological question)
what is the metaphysical question of existentialism
what would have to be the case in order for there to be meaning
epistemological question
if there is meaning, how do you find it
