PHIL 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Meletus, Political Philosophy, Sophist
8 Jul 2016
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Aristotle (physics: how does he define nature, what are the principles that govern change, city v. philosophy. City doesn"t approve of those who are wiser. Not practicing philosophy is worse than death: plato defending himself. Wants people to contemplate and use reason correctly. Philosophy allows people to be like the gods. Sophists (meletus) teach and play tricks for money and are persuasive. Philosophers don"t teach, but ask questions: the ability to know what virtue is. Intelligence and mathematical reasoning (forms and ideas/mathematical forms) Goods (ideas of the ideas) are the first half. Understanding, ideas, ideas of virtues are second half: practice of philosophy. Epistemology = theory of knowledge; judging beliefs from opinions: definition of nature. Some things are natural, some are due to causes. God is thought to be the source of evil. Since god is the creator of everything god must have created evil. On the other hand, god is all powerful/omnipotent and god should fight evil.
