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Lesson 1 - Intro to Philosophy and Worldviews
What is philosophy,
What do philosophers do,
Why should seminarians study phil...
21  cards
Lesson 2 - the First Philosophers
Who were the milesians,
What was the milesians big idea,
What was the main idea of pythagoras
13  cards
Lesson 3 - Socrates
Who was socrates critical of,
How did socrates pursue truth and...,
What questions was socrates conce...
11  cards
Lesson 3 - Plato
Plato was the first ____ philosopher,
Who was platos 3 big influences,
What famous school did plato found
21  cards
Lesson 3 - Aristotle
What did aristotle do with plato,
What is the central idea in arist...,
What is a substance
19  cards
Lesson 4 - Epicureanism
What was epicurus big idea,
What was epicurus metaphysics,
What was epicurus epistemology
4  cards
Lesson 4 - Stoicism
What was the stoics big idea,
Who was stoicism founded by,
What is the stoics metaphysics
6  cards
Lesson 4 - Skepticism
What is the big idea of skepticism,
What does skepticism mean,
What is the skeptic epistemology
4  cards
Lesson 4 - Neoplatonism
What is plotinus big idea,
Who founded neoplatonism,
What is neoplatonism considered t...
9  cards
Lesson 5 - The Apostles
What was the apostles epistemology,
Metaphysics,
Providence
6  cards
Lesson 5 - Early Church Fathers
Who were the 4 groups of opponent...,
Who was the first church father,
What was justin martyrs strategy
23  cards
Lesson 5 - The Nicene Fathers
Who was the first nicene father,
What controversy was athanasius m...,
Who was the second group of the n...
4  cards
Lesson 5 - Augustine
Who is considered the greatest in...,
Who were augustines theological a...,
What are augustines 4 states of man
13  cards
Lesson 6 - Medieval Philosophy (Boethius)
Who was the bridge between greek ...,
What was boethius important work ...,
How did boethius redefine eternity
4  cards
Lesson 6 - Pseudo-Dionysius & John Scotus Eriugena
Who attempted to systematically r...,
Where was pseudo dionysius episte...,
What was his relationship between...
5  cards
Lesson 6 - Anselm of Canterbury
What was anselms relationship bet...,
What was the atonement theory he ...,
What was anselms 3 arguments for ...
7  cards
Lesson 6 - Peter Abelard
What is abelard important for,
What were the 3 positions taken o...,
What was abelards relationship be...
3  cards
Lesson 6 - Non-Christian Medieval Philosophy
Who was the influential islam syn...,
What was avicennas distinction be...,
Who tried to reconcile aristotle ...
6  cards
Lesson 6 - Thomas Aquinas
Who were the 3 non christian phil...,
What was aquinas important works,
What was aquinas method
17  cards

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