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What does philosophy seek to address? |
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The issues of the time and how we fit into the world. It also seeks to address how to respond of what happens in the world. |
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What did Plato believe about the world? |
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That the world will always exist is the world of ideas. Values however, will not. |
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What did Aristotle believe about the world contrary to Plato's belief? |
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That you need a physical world at the same time to accompany a world of ideas. |
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In what way did Socrates believe that philosophy is conducted? |
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Through discourse/dialect with individuals |
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Who was the student of Socrates? |
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What did Plato do regarding his teacher Socrates? |
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He recorded the dialogues of Socrates but also gave his own platonic interpretations to accompany them. |
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Who is the preserver of Socratic philosophy? |
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When did Aristotle come along in history? |
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Who was the most significant philosopher? |
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What age and century did Aristotle live through? |
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The age of transition and change (4th century) |
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Who was the student of Plato? |
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What case did Plato often make? |
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That everyone has the idea of the perfect chair in their heads that is what you want a chair to be and you are comparing this particular chair in front of you to that perfect chair in your head. |
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Plato developed and founded a school called... |
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The Lyceum (grove of Apollo Lyceus) |
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The Lyceum was also known as... |
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The grove of Apollo Lyceus |
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In his teachings, Aristotle placed emphasis on... |
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Physics. He believed that physical things should be part of philosophy. |
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On what idea did Aristotle disagree with Plato? |
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Plato claimed the physical world was corrupt. Aristotle did not believe so. |
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What did Aristotle teach about the material things? |
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It is nessesary to see the material first in order to conjure it up in your mind. |
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In particular, Aristotle emphasized the use and need of... |
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Plato said you only need logic and reason. Aristotle agreed, but he also added that... |
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The senses are also needed |
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Knowing what is the right thing to do |
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Who introduced the concept of "entelechy" (telos)? |
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What does the concept of "entelechy" (telos) mean? |
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The end or goal of something |
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"In everything, exists its proper endpoint" is a belief taught by... |
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Aristotle taught that reason and self-control ... |
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Aristotle believed that every person... |
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Has their own place in society |
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A philosophy and a school of thought |
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What does it mean to be a cynic? |
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To have a negative outlook on everything |
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Plato was an ____________. This means to... |
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Idealist. Always hold onto an idea of something |
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Cynicism was described to be as |
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What does "Kunikos" mean? |
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Cynics were interested in... |
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The everyday practical life of the individual |
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Diogenes of Sinope lived from... |
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What was Diogenes of Sinope an example of and how? |
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A cynic. He did not live in a house but rather lived in a barrel. |
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Who was Diogenes of Sinope? |
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Nature provides ethical norms and that society is a false imposition of convention on nature |
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"To use any place for any purpose" is a teaching of... |
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"Society is a false imposition of convention on nature" is a teaching of... |
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"Happiness comes from self-sufficiency (autarkeia)" is a teaching of... |
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"The Gardens of Epicurus" was a school by... |
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Tranquility and freedom from fear and anxiety |
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Epicureanism emphasized... |
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To avoid politics as they result in fear, anxiety, and worry. |
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"Live secretly" as in, live on your own, was a teaching of... |
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That gods were unconcerned with human experience is a teaching of... |
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That the human being was a collection of atoms that would only be together for a period of time is a teaching of... |
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That the physical was the real world and the belief that the world of atoms that come together in space and time (atomic) was a teaching of... |
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To be content but not to overdo was a teaching of... |
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Cynosarges (or Kunosarges) was... |
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A public gymnasium located just outside the walls of Ancient Athens |
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Cynosarges (or Kunosarges) or ‘doglike behaviour’ was a teaching of ___________. This teaching emphasized... |
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Cynicism. That as a dog would do what comes naturally, so does the individual. |
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An ultimate object or aim |
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A traditional branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world that encompasses it. |
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Cynicism did not have a theory regarding... |
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The wise person is unmoved by external circumstance |
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Zeno came up with the notion that Logos (being able to reason) is... |
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A divine principle in nature |
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According to Zeno, where does logic manifest itself? |
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"The wise person lives in harmony with nature" is a saying by... |
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"If we live in harmony with nature we must accept our fate" is a saying by... |
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Socrates emphasized the existence of... |
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The leading Stoic philosopher was... |
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Zeno of Citium (335-270 BC) |
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Zeno of Citium lived from... |
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The Greek word for suffering is... |
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Pathos. Add sym and it means suffering along with you |
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Zeno founded a school in a marketplace called... |
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"Make sure to stay absent from physical and mental pain" is a teaching by... |
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