PHL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Thagaste, Medieval Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy
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Western" philosophy: begins with the ancient greeks. The middle age" between antiquity and modernity. Characterized by the encounter between ancient philosophy (especially plato & From the medieval to the rationalists = after ancient (greek and roman) philosophy up. Aristotle) & the abrahamic faiths" (judaism, christianity, and islam) until the first moderns. The concept of god as an all-good, all-powerful, and all-knowing being. The mind-body problem how is it that we have this realm of matter and stuff (molecules interacting with each other), and it gives us stuff like consciousness. It"s an autobiography, but also composed as if augustine isn"t talking to us the reader, but talking to his source the god (almost like a prayer) Journey from falsehood and misbehavior to good behavior and a conversion towards the truth. His father was a pagan (believed in roman pantheon and deities); mother was a devout. Spent most of his life in north africa.
