Quiz 1 Flashcards
In Athens of Ancient Greece, approximately ___ BCE marked the birth of philosophy
600
These philosophers observed changed in the world and wanted to explain these changes by understanding the laws of nature. Their study of change led them to the ______ ?
Idea of permanence
None can surpass the popularity of the big three. These were ___, ____ and ___.
Socrates, Plato and Aristotle
a) ___ was the mentor of Plato. and Plato was the mentor of b)______
a) Socrates
b) Aristotle
Athenians settle arguments by discussion and debate. People skilled in doing this were called ____ the first teacher of the west.
Sophists
Sophists’ arguments were usually about _____ and not with metaphysical speculations.
practical things
A lot of Socrates’ thoughts were only known through ____
Plato’s writing (The Dialogues)
Socrates’ method for discovering what is essential in the world and in people is what is known as the a) ______. This method involves the search for the b) ____
a) Socratic/dialectic method.
b) correct/proper definition of a thing.
In socrates’ method, he is not lecturing, instead he would ___. He would begin by acting as if he did not know anything to clarify their ideas.
ask questions and engage.
In using socrates’ method, the questioner should be skilled at detecting a) ___ and at b) ____ them by asking the right questions. The goal is to bring the person closer to the c) ____.
a) misconceptions
b) revealing
c) final understanding
Socrates’ influence was reflected in his famous statement which he fully lived by a)________. He believed that his mission in life was to b) ______
a) the unexamined life is not worth living.
b) seek the highest knowledge and convince others who were willing to seek knowledge with him.
The touching of the soul may mean helping the person to get in touch with his a) ______. The true self, Socrates said, is not the body but b) _____. c) ______ is inner goodness and d) _____ is that of the soul.
a) True Self
b) The Soul
c) Virtue
d) real beauty
When the ____ named socrates the wisest of all men.
Delphi Oracle
According to Socrates, real understanding comes from _____
within the person
Plato’s real name a)___ (428 - b) __ BCE)
a) Aristocles
b) 348
He was nicknamed plato because of his physical built which means _____
wide/broad
Plato left the athens for 12 years after the death of socrates. When he returned he established a school known as ______
The academy
Plato’s metaphysics is known as the ____
Theory of forms
In plato’s theory of forms, plato explained that forms refers to what are real. They are not objects that are encountered with the senses but can only be grasped intellectually. Plato’s form have the following characteristics:
- The Forms are ageless and ______
- The Forms are unchanging and ______
- The Forms are unmoving and ____
- Therefore are eternal
- Therefore are permanent
- Indivisible
This is known as Plato’s Dualism
The realm of shadows and The realm of forms
The realm of shadows - a) ____
The realm of forms - b) _____
a) imperfect and flawed
b) eterenal things, a source of all reality and true knowledge
He also believed that knowledge lies within the Person’s soul. He considered human beings as microcosms of the universal macrocosm.
Plato’s view of human nature
Plato described the soul as having three components:
- The reason - is a) ____ and b) ___ for goodness and truth
- The spirited - is c) ____and is the will or drive toward action.
- The appetites - d) ____ and lean towards the desire for e) ____ of the body
a) rational
b) motivation
c) non-rational
d) irrational
e) pleasure
In the allegory of the cave what people in the cave see are only shadows of reality which they believe are real things
Plato’s Theory of love and becoming
