PHIL 1003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Monism, Equal Opportunity, Arete (Moral Virtue)
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Use questions to facilitate discussion and thought. To be a more effective citizen if you"re engaged and informed. Physical (nature) no sense of agency that"s meaningful. Socrates was originally all about the bling and the physical until over time physical aspects didn"t give him the same high. E ducene means to lead someone (education) He is leading us out of where we are in our own world. Abstract, conceptualize, theorize not to remain in the metaphysical clouds alone but in order to return to the concrete self more clarified. Philosophy: to make sense of the world around us while we are embedded in it as engaged thinkers and agents. In it conceptually in thought and in agency in what we do. Ultimately trying to gain a sense of to know thyself delphic maxim. You"re less likely to be full of yourself if you unpack yourself. Meant to help clarify your ideas to apply to your life.