Metaphysics
Study of ultimate reality
Epistemology
Study of knowledge and theories of knowledge
Logic
Methodology of argumentation
Ethics
Study of the values of actions; right and wrong
Aesthetics
Study of "beauty"; study of the nature of the arts
Social and political
Nature of "the state"; nature of society; nature of governmant
Pre-Socratic Philosophers
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
Pre-Socratics
Focused on the natural world and metaphysics
Socrates
"The in examined life is not worth living."
Socrates
The teacher in Plato's dialogues
Socrates
Called himself a mid-wife
Socrates
Charged with corrupting the youth
Socrates
Sentenced to death by hemlock
Plato
Student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle
Plato
Wrote dialogues based on Socrates' teaching
Plato
Allegory of the Cave, Divided Line Theory
Plato
Immaterial and immortal soul
Plato
Ultimate good
Plato
Rationalist
Aristotle
Empiricist
Aristotle
4 causes
Aristotle
Believed in 3 types of soul
Soul
Capacity of a living thing (Aristotle)
Virtue
A mean between 2 extremes (Aristotle)
Aristotle
Unmoved mover
Aristotle
Student of Plato
Wisdom, courage, temperance
3 basic virtues (Plato)
Vegetative/nutritive, sensitive/sentient, rational
3 Types of Soul (Aristotle)
Divided Line Theory
The soul connects the visible world with the intelligible world
Efficient, material, formal, final
4 Causes (Aristotle)
The cave
Represents darkness, lack of understanding the truth
The process
Symbolizes the process of going from ignorance to truth via imagination
The light
Represents truth, reality, and understanding
Euthyphro
Discussion of piety and the charges against Socrates and Euthyphro's father
The Apology
Socrates' trial and his defense
The Crito
Socrates' friend tries to get him to escape from prison
Aristotle
Claimed that there are 3 types of soul
Plato
Claimed that the soul is immortal and immaterial
Aristotle
Claimed that ethics is the science of conduct
Monism
Belief that there is one ultimate thing in the universe
Philosophy
Love of wisdom
Monarchy, aristocracy, polity
Aristotle's ideal states
