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| the branch of philosophy dealing with the ultimate purpose and design of the universe. |
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| the ethical middle position between two extremes. |
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| the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of reality. |
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| the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of reality. |
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| develops a theory of knowledge |
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| to determine the good and right thing to do. The branch of philosophy that deals with good or right conducts. |
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| the imperfect copies that make up the physical world |
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| the perfect and unchanging reality that the particulars pattern themselves after. |
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| the view that reality consists of two realms. |
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virtue; able to perform our duty well. Moral excellence.
the habit or acting at the mean between the extremes of behavior. |
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| the Socratic Dialect; Socrates conversational technique for obtaining wisdom. |
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| the categorical and hierarchal structure of reality. |
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| the person being questioned in a Socratic Dialectic |
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| holiness; one of the ethical ideas that Socrates pursued for living a good life. |
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| recollection, remembrance; Plato's theory for education. |
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| the view that the truth is relative to the individual. |
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| the art of persuasive speech. |
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| a concern primarily for human beings and their welfare. |
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| existing independently of our perceptions, judgements, or feelings. |
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| that which is derived from the individuals mind and has no external reality. |
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| happiness; fulfilling one's potential. |
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| the belief that physical matter is most real |
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| "uncuttable"; the particles that make up the physical universe. |
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| The logos of reality according to Heraclitus |
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| the underlying principle of the universe; that which stays constant while all else changes. |
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| the universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious whole. |
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| Greek "mystery religion" that believes in the soul and reincarnation. |
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| parts of a whole working smoothly together. |
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| a numerical relationship between things. |
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| a part in relation to the whole. |
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| 1.618...; one of the many mathematical proportions found in nature and used in art and architecture. |
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| without end, to infinity. |
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| an idea that goes against common sense but may be true. |
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| a belief that reason is the primary tool for gathering knowledge. |
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| the material or stuff from which the thing is made. |
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| the form that an object must take so that it can be distinguished from other objects. |
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| the force or work needed to make an object |
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| the ultimate purpose of an object before it is created. |
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| "One cannot step into the same river twice" |
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| "Justice is in the interest of the stronger" or "Might makes right" |
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| "The unexamined life is not worth living" |
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| "The unplanned life is not worth living" |
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| "Man is the measure of all things" |
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| there is nothing, if there were anything, no one could know it, and if one could know it, no one could communicate it. |
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| wanted as much pleasure as possible |
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