PL1 Flashcards
_________ was a classical Greek (Athenian) philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy.
Socrates
HE WAS THE FIRST PHILOSOPHER WHO EVER ENGAGED IN A SYSTEMATIC QUESTIONING ABOUT THE SELF
Socrates
____________ - a student of SOCRATES claimed in his dialogs that SOCRATES affirmed that the unexamined life is not worth living.
PLATO
____________ - declared without regret that his being indicted was brought about by his going around ATHENS engaging men, young and old, to question their presuppositions about themselves and about the world.
SOCRATES
SOCRATES took it upon himself to serve as a “ ________ “ that disturbed Athenian men from their slumber and shook them off in order to reach the truth and wisdom .
GADFLY
________ - He said that EVERY MAN is composed of a ______ and ______. This means that every human person is __________, that is , he is composed for 2 IMPORTANT Aspects of his personhood.
BODY, SOUL. DUALISTIC
He supported the idea that MAN is dual nature of BODY AND SOUL. In addition to what SOCRATES earlier said
Plato
________ he said that there is a 3 components of soul, What is the 3 Components of the Soul?
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• Rational Soul
• Spirited Soul
• Appetitive Soul
THE _____________ - forged by reasoning and intellect that has to govern the affairs of the human person.
RATIONAL SOUL
THE _____________ - Which is in charge of emotions and should be kept at bay.
SPIRITED SOUL
___________ view of the human person reflects the entire spirit of the medieval world when it comes to man. Follows the ancient view of PLATO and infusing it with the “Doctrine of ________.”
Augustine’s. Christianity
__________ - he agreed that man is a __________ NATURE.
An aspect of man that dwells in the world and is imperfect and continuously yearns to be with the Divine and the other is capable of reaching immortality.
BIFURCATED
He Appended something to this christian view. Adapting ideas from ARISTOTLE, AQUINAS.
INDEED, the body is composed of two parts.
-MATTER AND FORM !
Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas
MATTER or _______ in Greek, refers to the common stuff that makes up everything in the universe.
MAN’s body is part of this matter.
HYLE
Thomas Aquinas
Form on the other hand , or __________ in Greek refers to the “Essence” of a substance or thing.
It is what makes it what it is.
It’s something that we share even with animals.
Morphe
He said that what separates us from person and a dog is our “Soul”. “Our Essence “
Thomas Aquinas
_________, Father of Modern Philosophy, conceived of the human person as having a body and a mind.
Rene Descartes
In his famous treatise , “The Meditations of First Philosophy”, he claims that there is so much that we should doubt.
René Descartes
____________ was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. Dubbed the father of modern Western philosophy.
René Descartes
In fact, he says that since much of what we think and believe are not infallible , ( INCAPABLE of MAKING A MISTAKE ) they may turn out to be false.
One should only believe that since which can pass the test of doubt (2008).
If something is so clear and lucid as not to be even doubted, then that is the only time when one should actually buy a proposition.
René Descartes
Thus , his famous , “COGITO ERGO SUM” , Think therefore , I am .” The fact that one thinks should lead one to conclude without a trace a doubt that he exists .
René Descartes
The self then for Descartes is aso a combination of two distinct entitles, the __________, the thing that thinks, which is the mind, and the ________ or extension of the mind , which is the body.
COGITO, EXTENSA
__________, a Scottish Philosopher, has a very unique way of looking at man.
David Hume
As an empiricist who believes that one can know only what comes from the senses and experiences , he argues that the self is nothing like what his predecessors thought of it.
David Hume