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What is aristelian substance?
matter and form
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What two molds are Aristotle famous for?
Moving from Particulars to Universals
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In a Aristelian Aspect, God thinks of what?
Thought of thought, wisdom
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Define Virtue?
Means between two extremes of excess and deficiency. 1. knowledge of right actions 2. choose acts for own sake 3. act from firm and unchanging character.
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Why are the young illequit to no ethics?
Active life (length) to "rational man."
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Aristotle's ultimate "Good?"
Happiness
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What is the value of happiness?
Intelligence, knowledge, continuos, w/o pleasure, and self sufficient
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Chief end of a person's life?
Contemplative life 1. immediate virtuos decisions 2. recieves pleasure from doing good 3. Eudamonia
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What's the means between Recklessness and Cowardice?
Courage
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What creates motion in nature?
Prime mover (GOD), unmoved
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Aristotle and Plato both believed in what?
Arete
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What category is most important to pick in Philosophy?
Practical Philosophy
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The soul and body together create what?
Perfect Unity
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What are the three kinds of living?
Nutritive, Sensitive, and Rational Reflective
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What are the levels of knowledge?
Perception, Imagination, and Intelligence
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What's important to motion?
Sensuality and Actuality
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What is the goal of Stoicism?
See things for what they are. 1. Recognize no control 2. change attitude 3. order desire 4. judge accurately
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Two things united to one in Stoicism?
Matter and Seminal Reason by God "Universal Reason."
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In Epictatus, What is in our power?
Opinion, impulse, desire, aversion, our actions/doing
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In Epictatus, what is NOT in our power?
Body, Possessions, reputations, status, other's actions
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What troubles people?
Judgement and Circumstance
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What do you say to oneself when something is not in your power?
"This is nothing to me"
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Who was Marchus Areilius?
The last great late philosopher
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What did Marchus Areilius stress?
Self control and the acceptance of nature
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"Universe is change, life is understanding?"
Marchus Arelius quote
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Platinus bought Philosophy back to what?
"What is all this?"
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What is the main thought of Neoplatonism?
"What is all this?"
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Neoplatonic is governed by?
Pantheism and opposition to materialism
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What is Pantheism?
No distinction between God and the world; All is one.
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What is Emenation?
means coming from 1. Nouse - world of spirits, ideas 2. Soul - Reflection of Nous
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socrates describes how the soul once drove a chariot with one uncontrollable and one docile horse.
myth of recollection
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socrates and plato responded to the sophist philosophy what?
truth was objective
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Plato's theory of forms explains structure of reality which is?
Metaphysics
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Plato's theory of forms explains how we can understand them?
Epistemology
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Plato's divided line explains division between what?
World of intelligible world and sensible world
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Top of Plato's divided line is where you gain knowledge of?
the forms
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The allegory of the cave explains?
Prisoner shackled and forced to watch the shadows on the wall
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In the Apology?
Socrates defends himself against the high court of athens and was condemned to death
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The oracle in delphi said that socrates was?
the wisest person in athens
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True or false? Socrates compares himself to a gadfly and government to a horse.
True
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In Euthyphro, Plato shows that socrates is primarily concerned with finding the true?
Definition of Piety
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In Euthyphro, Plato showcases Socrates way of practicing philosophy?
Socratic Method
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In Crito, Crito urges socrates to escape death by primarily?
appealing to majority
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Arete means?
excellence in performance of an action
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true or false? spcrates was accused of corrupting the older generations of athens?
false
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The soul has what 3 aspects?
appetitive, spirit, reason
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the forms/ideas are?
beliefs
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One aspect of the forms/ideas is?
being unchanging
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true or false? essentialism is the idea that everything has central characteristics about them
true
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Plato's dialogue contains 3 segments, the first segment is?
question
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According to plato's epistemology, what is in-between knowledge and ignorance?
beauty/love
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What is the idea that binds the state and makes it into a unity?
Throwing
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In Myth of metals, the ruler is classified as what?
Gold
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For plato, knowledge is defined as what?
justified true belief
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Plato's response to Monism and Pluralism was?
His metaphysical project of the forms, which provided a combo of both monism and pluralism
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