HUM 001A Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Study Guide, Pyrrho, Antisthenes
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Eclectic & fragmented: cultural diversity (combination of different sources and made to one that fits them , many variety of things) Individual: does it work for me? (ex. In what ways will it change your life, individual appliance) Accessible: don"t make me learn logic or rhetoric (ex. Athens remained as the center of thought due to the schools built there. The 4 hellenistic and roman philosophies are connected to english words. ~cynical: distrusting or disparaging the motives of others, showing contempt for accepted standards. ~skeptical: person who maintains a doubting attitude towards values, plans, statements . ~epicurean: fond of or adapted to luxury of indulgence in sensual pleasure. ~stoic: impassive; characterized by a ca;m, austere fortitude. Ataraxia achieved by: custom/culture achievement (how society wants you to be, setting your goals too high) Dogma (believes of the things that you don"t really know)
