What Is Philosophy Flashcards
come from two Greek words: philos (love) and sophia (wisdom)
Philosophy
ancient Greeks used this term “philos (love) and sophia (wisdom) to refer to
Love of Wisdom
the first to call himself a philosopho
Pythagoras
Pythagoras was the first to call himself a a philosopho, a term which means
A lover of wisdom
primarily concerned with uncovering the truth through systematic argumentation and theory
Western philosophy
was home to one of the great civilizations
Greece
What was their most notable characteristics of ancient Greek civilization?
Love of learning
were primarily preoccupied with the study of nature and the universe
The first philosophers of ancient Greece
The first philosophers are called
Pre-Socratics
they lived before the time of Socrates
Pre-Socratics
the earliest philosopher to inquire about the world and explain the composition of things and the changes in physical reality
Thales
considered the father of Western philosophy
Thales
a group of intellectuals known as the Sophists emerged, and they influenced learning in ancient Greece
After the Pre-Socratics
Who taught a style of argumentation called eristic
Sophists
What sophists called when they taught a style of argumentation?
Eristic
