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Unit 1 Vocabulary
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Philosophy
10th Grade
09/07/2011

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Teleology
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The branch of philosophy dealing with the ultimate purpose and design of the universe.
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Golden Mean (Aristotle)
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The ethical middle position between two extremes.
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The Great Chain of Being
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The categorical and hierarchal structure of reality.
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Myth
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A sacred and traditional tale that helps to guide the lives of people.
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Psyche
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The state of being alive, the breath of life.
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Logos
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The underlying principle of the universe; that which stays constant while all else changes.
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Arche
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The origin or underlying substance of the universe.
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Apeiron
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Limitless, boundless, infinite.
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Philosophy
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The love of wisdom.
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Cosmos
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The universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious whole.
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Cosmology
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The branch of philosophy dealing with the origin and structure of the universe.
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Orphism
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The Greek "mystery religion" that believes in the soul and reincarnation.
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Harmony
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Parts of a whole working smoothly together.
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Ratio
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A numerical relationship between things.
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Proportion
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A part in relation to the whole.
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The Golden Section
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1.618 ... ; one of the many mathematical proportions found in nature and used in art & architecture.
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Flux
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Change; the logos of reality.
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Paradox
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An idea that goes against common sense but may be true.
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Ad Infinitum
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Without end, to infinity.
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Rationalism
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The belief that reason is the primary tool for gaining knowledge.
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Materialism
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The belief that physical matter is most real.
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Atomos
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"uncuttables." the particles that make up the physical universe.
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Void
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Empty space.
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Relativism
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The view that truth is relative to the individual.
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Rhetoric
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The art of persuasive speech.
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Humanism
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A concern primarily for human beings and their welfare.
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Objective
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Existing independently of our perceptions, judgments, or feelings.
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Subjective
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That which is derived from the individual's mind and has no external reality.
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Eudaimonia
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Happiness, fulfilling one's potential.
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Particulars
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The imperfect copies that make up the physical world.
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the Forms, eidos
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The perfect and unchanging reality that the particulars pattern themselves after.
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Dualism
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The view that reality consists of two realms.
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Mimesis
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Copy, imitation
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Ethics
Definition
To determine the good and right thing to do.
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Proportion
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A part in relation to the whole.
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Anamnesis
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Recollect
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Metaphysics
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The branch of philosophy that studies the nature of reality.
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Epistemology
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Develops a theory of knowledge.
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Ontology
Definition
The theory of being.
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