HUM 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Materialism
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Intellectual movement : (all has a common intellectual methodology between themselves) Through have common methodology, each of viewpoints. (some intended in science, logicetc) not all are bad. Sophists are responsible for the change in greek culture, that"s why plato tries to repudiate himself from them. Sociology & political science: values of belief of different age groups law codes, public finances. Sophistry and arete : ability to persuade someone is equivalence to political virtue and excellence. Gorgias does not know how to formulate his answer. *socrates always presents himself as ignorant in debates. Virtue: knowledge (virtuous behaviour is built on the foundation of knowledge) Knowledge of the good: choose the good side if he/she knows the good, then will always. For plato, material is secondary, reality is not accessible through physical sense, only accessible through the power of reason. Draws line between belief (true/false), and knowledge (always true)
