Plato Flashcards
What does he say about pleasure and pain?
Pleasure and pain are in constant flux
What is the dialectic method?
Like having a dialogue. A conversation where you try to understand the persons perspective.
What does Plato say about realms?
There is a realm different from the realm of change. This material world can account for some knowledge, so some knowledge must come from a non material realm.
What is Eidos?
Ideas that are not of this world that help us explain this world. These are forms which are timeless, unchanging. The physical realm is an imperfect reflection of these forms.
What is a priori truth?
An idea that we have before experience, before we come to this physical world, there are things that are true, independant of change, things that we dont make true. Ex. Triangularity
What is theory of recollection?
We can recollect knowledge from these forms