Philosophy 1362E Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Soul, Socrates, Stoicism
20 Nov 2018
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*scientist as in rst people trying to understand the world and how it works, the past ect. (nature and universe: natural philosophy > ethics. Importance of socrates ii: philosophy and sophistry. legacy that plato inherited, philosophia as love of wisdom, sophistes someone who is wise, knows and can teach many things. relativism of. Anything goes (no criteria of truth: socrates was never paid because he thought that he was not able to teach anything and that he didn"t know anything. Philosophy (first appearance of the word in western history: socrates was not presenting himself as a philosopher, plato portrays his as one, as the philosopher par excellence, philosophy as love of wisdom, philosophy vs. poetry,sophistry,politics. Why: poets will describe the gods as doing bad actions, what does this mean? do away with politicians, poets, and all but philosophers? the paradox of socrates" ignorance, on one hand socrates is ignorant.
