PHILOSOPHERS Flashcards
An unexamined life is not worth living
Socrates
examining one’s tought
introspection
physical realm
transient, imperfect, body
Ideal realm
immortal, soul, perfect
student of socrates
Plato
3 components of soul
reason, physical/appetite, spirit or passion
2 theory of forms
world of ideas
world of sense
body is united with soul
St Augustine
the soul is an essence of self
Aristotle
3 kinds of soul
Vegetative
Sentient
Rational
Italian dominican friar
St. Thomas Aquinas
man is composed of 2 parts
Mater
Form
what is mater
common stuff
essence of substance
form
animates the body
soul
i think therefore i am
Rene Descartes
2 dimension of human self
Thinking self
Physical self
the self is consciousnes
John Locke
I am doubting, therefore I am
St. Augustine