Test over Pre-Socratic, Socrates, and Plato Flashcards
What is philosophy
The sum of a person’s fundamental beliefs and convictions
What is the biblical concept of man and how does it differ from man’s concept of man
The biblical concept is that man is created in the image of God versus the thought that man is an animal, a computer, or something to overcome
Name four disciplines that are associated with philosophy and explain what they mean
Ethics are a person’s moral standards
Logic is “right thinking”
Esthetics are our perception of beauty and art
Social and Political Theory deals with how we should govern people
Name two methods that are used when one philosophizes
Interrogation
Deduction
Leucippus and Democritus
Atoms
Anaxagorus
Infinite seeds
Empedocles
Four elements
Zeno
No motion
Parmenides
Being
Anaximenes
Air
Heraclitus
Fire
Anaximander
Boundless
Pythagoras
Numbers
Thales
Water
Name two things that developed out of the pre-socratic era
Immortality of the soul
Evolution
What were the pre-socratic philosophers attempting to find
Monarchy, Unity in the midst of diversity, and cosmos over chaos
T/F: S was known as the “gadfly”
True
What is so significant about the Delphic Oracle and S
Oracle proclaimed that S was the most profound from the gods because he knew but he did not know
What two sayings is S famous for
Know thyself
The unexamined life is not worth living
What was S method of doing philosophy
He interrogated people to reach information (aka he used conversation or questions)
What was so unusual about S physical appearance
He went barefoot, wore minimal clothing, and was considered ugly
What was S concept of the soul of man
It is distinct from the body and its nature is thinking
What was S concept of government
The greatest minds should govern, no election should take place
How did S die
He “committed suicide” by drinking poison
Define a Sophist
A traveling speaker/philosophical lawyer who took money for their teachings
Hated by Socrates
