PHI 1103 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Existentialism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1103
• Professor: Mark Brown

Document Summary

If the material wasn"t covered in class, it won"t be on the exam. Topics: first class socrates and apology, cave. His attitude toward the law [why does in the cave he accept his fate that he will die] Link with perfectionism [examining your life, elevating yourself: link with perfectionism and the cave as well, appearance vs reality, second class euthyphro. Socrates tries to help him with perfectionism by helping to examine his life: montaigne. Meaning of life, if god exists life is not meaningless: today. To be or not to be soliloquy. Contrast between raw passions and the role of reasons (raised in soliloquy) We don"t know what happens after death. Living according to the voice of reason, or stay lower.