PHIL 203 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Ancient Philosophy, Soul, Plato
20 Nov 2018
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What is philosophy: philosophy is the study of various types of knowledge. The goal of philosophy is both epistemic and functional. Normative questions: about particular issues like abortion and the death penalty, about broader issues, like what value is and what makes life good. Metaphysics: question about the nature of reality. Naturalists believe that there are no normative qualities in anything. Oral, magical, tendency to moralize and be didactic. Command belief and specific to a certain culture. Invocations of gods and goddesses of memory the poet has to remember the whole myth as well. Theogony and works and days two main works. Other passages of his work often include details of his life usually embellished. Theo god, divine; gon becoming = account of how the gods came to be. Alternative sources (alternative to invoking the muses) of knowledge: witness, passed down. Earlier in the poem he talks about the muses appearing to him and tell him that the.
