PLATO Flashcards
“good actions give strengths to ourselves and inspire good actions to other
Plato
student of Socrates
Palto
He wrote the Socratic Dialogue
Plato
Collection adn Division
Plato’s Philosophical method
- In this method the philosopher would “Collect”all the generic idea that seemed to have common characteristics and then divide them into different kinds until the subdivision of ideas became specific.
Theory Of Forms
- Plato
- asserted the physical world is not really the real world because the ultimate reality exists beyond the physical world.
What is the soul (Plato)
the most divine aspect of a human being
What is his concept of the divine
Not the spiritual being but rather one that has intellectual connotations.
What is the self/soul/mind (Plato)
an aspect of human beings by which the forms (ideas) are known
What are the 3 parts of the soul?
Appetitive
Rational
The spirited
Appetitive
- sensual
enjoys sexual experiences, such as foods , drink and sex
Rational
Reasoning
forbid the person to enjoy any sexual experiences the part that loves the truth hence, should rule over other people parts of the soul through the use of reason
the spirited
- feeling
inclined towards reason but understand the demand of passion
- loves honor and victory
