Plato Vs Aristotle - F of Good vs Prime Mover Flashcards
Prime Mover v FofG - P1
key to critically evaluate FoG and PM is to discuss foundations of their approaches!
P- rationalist, arrived thru reason
knowledge from WoF innate
B Davies- w/o forms….
no empirical ev!
largest diff- Aristotle empiricist
through ob- everything in state of change, something must have caused this (PM)
CC: ARI no concrete ev material 🌍 source of K
P- unreliable, deceive, changes PtoP👩🏻🎤👮🏽♂️👨🏻💼changing world means must be opp (unchanging WoF)
CR: P fails recog beauty of reality💄💋
the cave- Mel Thompson fails to ill attractiveness🌅
Ari does
Prime Mover vs FoG - P2
desp FoG PM resp for ex of things in world 🌎, discussions on CHANGE cause them to differ mass
P- FoG is a refuge against uncertainties of change - attempt to find permanence in world…
-perfection of Fs comes from FoG
cave= just as 🔅 gives 💡 to real world, illum
Karl Popper- searching for… in world of… leap in logic at WoF from seeing common
Plato DOESNT def things into physical world that = 👍🏻 lack connectedness to re
study of FoG little practical val, take away from useful sci study
Prime Mover vs FoG - P3
A- IMMUTABILITY KEY everything in world changing, PM unchanging
as immutable, then log follows….
E: eternal - beginning+ceasing would cause change! must be eternal
P: perfect - have complete actuality🎇all ob have potentially means could become…
I: impassive - doesn’t exp emotion. change in inner state
CC: no emotion?
CR: cannot believe in perf G liable to emotions,
upholds G as wholly other!!!!
A downside to A’s PM - P4
😃 immutability upholds
☹️ interaction causes issues
“cannot be aware of world, this would produce changes”
:) avoids prob of evil
:( uninvolved unsatisfactory? A sees PM as good BUT static, logical goodness rather…
:( :( “only think of perfect things” no conceivable reason WHY PM create uni?! no K/desire to know of our ex
SO WHILST MAKES SENSE FOR SOMETHING TO EXIST THAT INSPIRES CHANGE WE OB, flawed
PM on own - Intro + structure
PM= Ari arg for creation + maintained 🔄 of motion/change
• empirical fascination, understanding world, investigate nature
-differed P, assess against
P1- Forms
A’s emp bases theory provides something we all observe, all make sense of 4Cs thus all make sense of……
P2- Immutability, EPI, no emotion? but uphold perfection this way
P3- Despite Immut upholding, interaction issues, “cannot be aware”, avoid evil, static notion, “only thinks of” WHY…
Analogy of Cave Para to illustrate Forms
symbolic allegory involves prisoners….
REP= human condition that ordinary ppl trapped by 👄👂🏻👅👃🏻unaware of greater re
escapee= philospher
IMMEDIATELY A PROBLEM!
no completely diff to normal person
correct- diffs in K, but only diffs in DEGREE
guilty of ELITISM - differentiation invalid
2groups too simplistic🤕
