unit 2

Question 1

Plato

Answer 1

• everything in the world is an imperfect copy of something that is perfect
  -cannot be altered or destroyed

Question 2

particular

Answer 2

something at exists

Question 3

form

Answer 3

perfect original

Question 4

essence or intrinsic nature

Answer 4

the way imperfect things draw from the form, the qualities of the form that the copy imitates
ex. roundness
-why we can identify the difference between a circle and triangle

Question 5

monism

Answer 5

monist say that reality consists of ONE ALL ENCOMPASSING THING
- all particular things are manifestations of expressions of that ONE thing

Question 6

idealist and materialist (two branches of monism)

Answer 6

idealist- say world is only made from ideas
materialist- world only made from matter

Question 7

4 causes of natural being

Answer 7

(material)- physical properties
(formal)- structure or design
(agent)- force that bring something about
(final cause/purpose)- purpose of existing

Question 8

ontological arguments

Answer 8

intended to prove with reason that God exists

Question 9

Neoplatonism

Answer 9

• interpret Plato as a thinker who understands the external truth from the perspective of later christan ideology
• take the truth, view it from a Christan lens