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Details Title: Philosophical Backgrounds Description: Philosophy and Theology Total Flash Cards: 18 Created: 09/04/2006 13:00:37	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term To Agathon Definition In Platonism, the highest good Term Allegory of the Cave Definition Allegory used by plato to describe the human condition as it were and how to achieve enlightenment Term Allegory of the Divided Line Definition To the left is epistemology and to the ontology. Three is also implicit ehtics and aesthetics. The totality of this allegory constitutes Plato's metaphysics. Term Allegory of the Sun Definition represents enlightenment in playo's allegory of the cave Term Forms/Ideas Definition timeless, perfect, unchanging, immaterial, eternal archetypes in platonism Term Teleology Definition study of phenomena exhibiting order design, purpose, ends, goals, tendacies, aims, and direction and how these are achieved in a process of development Term Plato Definition greek philosopher; socrates was his inspiration and foundation. Founded an Academy in athens for the study of pholosophy, mathematics, and logic. Wrote dialogues. Term Socrates Definition Known thourgh platos writtings. His mission was to help people tend to their soles. He lived in poverty and austerity. He focused on the nature of human nature, the nature of language, the nature of true reality, and the nature of universal values Term Parmenides Definition greek philosopher and founder of the eleatic school. follower of zenophanes and influenced plato's thought. Term Heraclitus Definition "philosopher of change"; "dark philosopher"; greek philosopher Term Being/Becoming Definition existing; eternal; / to change forms Term One and Many Definition a necessary exsistance; abosolute; variety exsists in nature Term Helenism Definition greek culture Term Epistemology Definition origins; presuppositions; nature; knowledge Term Ontology Definition study of the essential characteristics of being in itself "what is being in itself?" Term Metaphysics Definition world view; Term Logos Definition word;thought; reason Term mythos Definition presents a nonscientific history of the thought of a people