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Philosophy
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10/02/2008

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Term
philo-sopy-define
Definition

philo=friend, lover

sophy=wisdom

Term
What is a philosopher?
Definition
a seeker of wisom; seeking objective truth
Term
Kant-
Definition
one who refuses to reason, immature
Term
When was the frist access time in philosophy?
Definition
800-600BC
Term
What are the four branches of philosophy?
Definition

anthropology

ethics

metapysics/ontology

logic

Term
What are the 5 parts of love and what do they mean?
Definition

philia-friendship

agape-unconditional form of love(God)

eros-erotic love

storge-love between damily members

stoika-love for a job/hobby

Term
What does eros/erotic love mean?
Definition
longing for what one does not have (immortality)
Term
Socrates call himself the______
Definition
true lover (erotic love IS philosophy)
Term
Who is Diotima?
Definition
a female philosopher perhaps created by Socrates; a seer who gave Socrates the defination of erotic love
Term
What is Socrates' general way of teaching?
Definition
by asking questions, leading his pupil to knowledge
Term
What is the idea of "mimesis"?
Definition
that all things on earth are a copy of an original form or idea (objective idealism)
Term
What is a Sophist?
Definition
teachers who taught people to argue; helped people with their careers
Term
Socratic questioning is not about_____, but about_____.
Definition
knowledge, self-knowledge
Term
What are the four steps of Socratic questioning?
Definition

1.  Starts out with a question, tries to get an ultimate defination(doesnt need to obtain one)

2.gets ideas, conceit of answer

3. cross esamination (elenchus)

4. dialogue ends in "aporia"->debt, embarassing (discussion results in no ultimate defination)

Term
psychagogy-
Definition

guidance of souls:

the teacher is like a sculptor, forming the student

Term
What important quote does Socrates mention in "The Theaetetus"?
Definition
he says that he is like a midwife, who delivers children and gives birth to ideas
Term
Why does Plato think that philosophers should rule?
Definition
becasue those who have wisdom and apply it and those who have an education should rule
Term

cave prisoners-

Definition
  • uneducated people
  • ignorant
Term
"shadows"-
Definition
misconceptions, illusions, conceit of knowledge
Term

"freed prisoner"-

Definition
one with knowledge, the enlightened individual
Term
"chains"
Definition
forced ignorance, helplessness
Term
doxa-
Definition
opinion
Term
elenchus-
Definition
term for "Socratic questioning"
Term
What are the different classes of people?
Definition
  1. rulers
  2. warriors
  3. producers
Term
What is the Platonic idea of justice?
Definition
one needs self-knowledge in order to become a political leader
Term
true self-
Definition
soul
Term
Descibe the soul:
Definition
the soul is the true being of man: the soul can control and use the body
Term
What are the three parts of the soul?
Definition
  1. Intellect=intellectual soul=lopistilcon
  2. emotional=irasible soul=thumos
  3. desires=concupiscent soul=epithumetikon
Term
The virtue of the intellectual part of the soul is_______
Definition
wisdom
Term
The virtue of the emotional part of the soul is_______
Definition
bravery, fortitude
Term
The virtue of the desires part of the soul is________
Definition
temperance
Term
When does one have justice?
Definition
When they have the virtues of the three parts of the soul
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