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Unit 1 Vocabulary
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Philosophy
10th Grade
09/07/2011

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Teleology
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the branch of philosophy dealing with the ultimate purpose and design of the universe
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The Golden Mean (Aristotle)
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the ethical middle position between two extremes
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The Chain Of Great Being
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the categorical and hierarchal structure of reaity
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Myth
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a sacred and traditional tale that helps to guide the lives of people
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Psyche
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the state of being alive; the breath of life
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Logos
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the underlying principle of the universe
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Arche
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the origin or underlying substance of the universe
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Apeiron
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limitless, boundless, infinite
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Philosophy
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the love of wisdom
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Cosmos
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the universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious, whole
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cosmology
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the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin and structure of the universe
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orphism
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greek myster religion that believes in the soul and reincarntaion
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HArmony
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parts of a whole working smoothly togther
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ratio
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a numerical relationship between things
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proportion
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a part in relation to te whole
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The Golden Section
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One of the mathematical proportions found in nature
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Flux
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change the logos ofb reality
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Logos
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the underlying principle of the universe;that which stays constant while all else changes
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realtivism
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the view that is relative to the people
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rhetoric
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the art of persuasive speech
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humanism
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a concern primariy for human being and their welfare
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objecive
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exisiting independently of our perceptions judgments or feelings
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subjective
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that which derived from the individuals mind and had no external reality
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Eudamonia
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happiness; fullfilling ones purpose
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Paradox
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an idea that goes repeatedly against common sense but may be true
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AD Infinitium
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without end to infinity
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Rationalism
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a belief that reason is the primary tool for gaining knowledge
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materialsim
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the belief that physical matter is most real
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atomos
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the particles that make up the physical universe
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void
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empty space
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Metaphysics
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the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of philosophy
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Epistemology
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develops a theory of knowlegde
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Ethics
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to determine the good and right thing to do
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Ontology
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the theory of being
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Particulars
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thee imperfect copies that make up the physical world
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the form; edios
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the perfect and unchanging reality that the particulars themselves after
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dualism
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the view that relaity consists of tow means
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