Quiz Flashcards
From the ____ words “Philos” meaning _____ and _______ meaning wisdom.
- study of the nature and acquisition of knowledge
Greek
love
Sophia
The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Socrates
Father of Western Philosophy,his emphasis on “Self Knowledge”
Socrates
Socrates was sentenced to death by drinking a cup of poison
Hemlock
man’s goal in life is to
Acquire hapiness
the supreme good that will secure happiness
Virtue
SOCRATES’ VIEW OF MAN
BODY-
SOUL-
PHYSICAL, VISIBLE,TEMPORARY
SPIRITUAL, INVISIBLE, PERMANENT
“Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good action in others”
Plato
contained Socrates’ philosophical arguments.
Socratic dialogue
which asserted that the ultimate reality exists beyond the physical world
Theory of Forms
is where man’s Forms (ideas) are known.
soul/mind
- The element that enjoys are sensual experiences
APPETITIVE SOUL
The element that loves truth and reason: forbid sensual experiences
RATIONAL SOUL-
The element that understands passion, honor and sense of victory
SPIRITED SOUL
For you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until it rests in you.”
ST. AUGUSTINE
Works of st. Agustine
Confessions
City of God
Of Christian doctrine
capable of knowing the Truth and scientific thinking
Soul
Possesses the senses, imagination, memory, memory reason and mind
Body
It is aware of itself. Immaterial. Ability to recognize God
Soul
AUGUSTINE’S VIEW OF MAN
Body and Soul
Who said “I think therefore I am.”
RENE DESCARTES
a systematic process of being skeptical of one’s belief to ascertain their truthfulness.
Methodical Doubt
He is also known for the _______ statement “Cogito ergo sum” ________
Latin
I think therefore I am
As with previous philosophers Descartes asserted the “self” is:
Constant, not prone to change
The source of our identity
RENE DESCARTES’ VIEW OF MAN
Body
COGITO/MIND
Knowledge is derived from experience”
JOHN LOCKE
An English philosopher and physician during the Age of Enlightenment
John Locke
He views the “self” as including the memories a person has. It means that a person is the same person as yesterday as he remembers his thoughts and experiences
John Locke
The self as “Tabula Rasa” means
blank slate]
Knowledge is derived from human senses”
David Hume
the idea that knowledge comes from sense experience, opposing Descartes’ Rationalism
Empiricism
He divided the mind’s perceptions into two groups
Impressions and Ideas
Source of our Knowledge: Where it comes from Perceptions
1.Impressions /Sensations
Content of our Knowledge: What it is
2.Thoughts/ Ideas
“Reason is the final authority of morality”
IMMANUEL KANT