Plato And Aristotle

Question 1

What is the scholar Plato’s belief about mind soul body?

Answer 1

Analogy of cave
Realm of forms
Immortal soul

Question 2

What is the scholar Aristotle view?

Answer 2

Empiricist
4causes and prime mover
Body and soul cannot be separated

Question 3

What is the scholar socarates view?

Answer 3

Talk about analogy of cave
Also believed in immortal soul
He claimed philosophy was a rehearsal for death - therefore him being killed by his opponents didn’t mean they won as they enabled his soul to return to world of forms

Question 4

What did Scholar A.J.Ayer talk about?

Answer 4

Argued that when we talk about something being ‘good’ or ‘bad’ we are simply expressing our own emotional reaction to it aka it’s very subjective
Not any true knowledge

Question 5

Why do scholars like Russell and Dawkins argue against Aristotle’s ideas?

Answer 5

Argue that Aristotle’s telos idea can be criticised as the world doesn’t need to have a purpose as it just exists without any goal or reason

Question 6

Why do theists dislike Aristotle’s ideas?

Answer 6

Might claim their idea of god is different to Aristotle’s who is almost irrelevant as they don’t interact with world/universe and is unaffected by it