UTS | 1st Quiz | Midterms Flashcards
who said that the wises of all men is Socrates
Delphi oracle
first teacher of the west
Sophists
They are more on arguments and debates
Sophists
pinapatay si Socrates
Sophists
it started in Athens of Ancient Greece at around 600 BCE
philosophy
philosophy comes from the latin words?
philos - love
sophia - wisdom
what is the meaning of philosophy
love of wisdom
understanding elements, mathematics, heavenly bodies, atoms, and man
philosophy
Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar, Teacher
Socrates
mentor of Plato
Socrates
a stonemason with a sharp mind
Socrates
considered to be the main source of Western Thought
Socrates
Socrates was not a writer and his works were only known through Plato’s writing. what do you call Plato’s writing?
The Dialogues
socratic method is also called
dialectic method
method of inquiry consisting of series of questions to search for the correct/proper definition of a thing
socratic method
the goal of this method is to bring the person closer to the final understanding
socratic method
he stated that “the unexamined life is not worth living”
Socrates
Socrates believed that a person will become wiser by reaching inside themselves, to learn continuously, and to look for answers by ?
thinking, seeking, and asking repeatedly
who are the big three?
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
what is the name of the school that plato build?
the academy
what is the real name of Plato?
Aristocles
He wrote more than 20 Dialogues with Socrates as protagonist in most of them
Plato
Plato’s metaphysics is known as the
Theory of Forms
the physical world is not the real world; ultimate reality exists beyond our physical world
Theory of Forms
From which dialogue do the theory of forms was discussed?
The Republic
abstract, perfect, unchanging concepts or ideals that transcend time and space; refers to what are real
Forms
composed of changing, ‘sensible’ things which are lesser entities and therefore imperfect and flawed
Realm of Shadows
composed of eternal things which are permanent and perfect. It is the source of all reality and true knowledge.
Realm of Forms
what do you called the existence of two realms that Plato introduced to the west?
Plato’s Dualism
Plato further illustrated his philosophy of the search for knowledge using this
Allegory of the Cave
the three components of the soul is called the?
tripartite soul
what are the tripartite soul?
the reason
the spirited
the appetites
rational and is the motivation for goodness and truth
the reason
non-rational and is the will or drive toward action
the spirited
irrational and lean towards the desire for pleasures of the body
the appetites
a Christian Philosopher
St. Augustine of Hippo
He initially rejected Christianity for it seemed to him that it could not provide him answers to questions that interested him
St. Augustine of Hippo
He wanted to know about moral evil and why it existed in people and he also questions sufferings in the world
St. Augustine of Hippo
love of Physical objects
sin of greed
love for not lasting and excessive love for people
sin of jealousy
love for the Self
sin of pride
love for God
supreme virtue and real happiness
father of modern philosophy
rene descartes
rationalist
rene descartes
employed scientific method and mathematics in his philosophy
rene descartes
cartesian method and analytic geometry
rene descartes
2 powers of the human mind from descartes’ system
intuition
deduction
ability to apprehend direction of certain truths
intuition
power to discover what is not known by progressing an orderly way from what is already known
deduction
“I think therefore I am”
Cogito ergo sum
Cogito ergo sum
I think therefore I am
soul/mind (also the self) is a substance separate from the body
mind-body problem
his works focuses on the workings of the human mind, particularly, acquisition of knowledge
john locke
he believed that knowledge results from ideas produced a posteriori or by objects that were experienced
john locke
what do you called the objects that were experienced
posteriori
a philosophical theory that the human mind is a blank slate at birth and is shaped by sensory experiences
tabula rasa
it has to do with choosing or willing the good
morality
3 laws from john locke
law of opinion
civil law
divine law
what do you think is good or bad for you
law of opinion
government law
civil law
10 commandments
divine law
after reading the Philosophy of John Locke, ‘he never again entertained any belief in religion’
david hume
2 types of perceptions
impressions
ideas
mind receives materials from sense and calls it?
perceptions
immediate sensation of external reality
impressions
recollections of impressions
ideas