A being responsible for the creation of the universe; controller of the material world

Reality is transcendent (Plato; Ontology)

We used to live 'with' the ideas/forms, occasionally we can recall them (Déj






à Vu)

sustained, 'refining' conversation with friends (epistemology)

Why are we so quickly dissatisfied, even when we obtain what we want? - We want the idea, so nothing in this domain is ultimately satisfactory (epistimology)

Thesis x Antithesis = Synthesis

Plato's receptacle is the thing in which all beings become; everything is created in the cosmos

(The Good) Intelligible World: objects

(The Good) Intelligible world; modes of thought

(The sun) visible world; objects

(the sun) visible world; modes of thought

In the intelligible realm, forms lead to ____ & mathematical objects lead to ____

In the sensible realm, things lead to ____ & images lead to ____

Plato's view on Politics

Aristotle's view on Politics

Plato believed Aesthetics were...

Aristotle believed aesthetics were...

Aesthetics are just the image of an image, so they are bad

Aesthetics inflame your passions causing you to become unbalanced, therefore they are bad

Aristocracy is the best form of government because even if it becomes an oligarchy there are still checks and balances

Aesthetics are good because they give us more to observe

Aesthetics are good because they offer catharsis (help us release our emotions)

Levels of the Great Chain of Being (Cosmos; Aristotle)

Forms are immanent, they are within us (dualism)

Empiricism is using our senses to make observations

Epistemology is the process of abstraction

The four causes of change are... (pick all that apply)

Ethics: Happiness is found in moderation (avoid both excess and deficit)

Greek culture spread across Macedonia, Syria, & Egypt during the conquers of Alexander the Great

Which of the following occurred during the Hellenistic Period? (select more then one)

Founder of Cynicism

Denial of worldly possessions; happiness is not found in worldly things

detachment; independence from all attachments

one of the greatest Cynics every; owned the bare minimum; visited by Alexander the Great

founder of Stoicism

resignation; realize what one can & can't control

Happiness is found through wisdom, we are all connected through a coming together, which is logos

founder of Epicureans

Pain is evil & we must do anything possible to avoid it

All sensory pleasures have side affects; the good needs to be weighed against the bad

Which are the 4 Medicinal Herbs?

There are atoms for the souls that all blend together after death- Democritus but spiritual

founder of Skepticism

founder of Neoplatonism

avoid judgment; have tranquility of mind

refrain from affirming or denying anything

we must live ethically to be able to shape our soul to be released from body when we die

evil is the absence of all good

'The One' created everything; radiates reality and being

Order of Beings (Neoplatonism)

We are trapped between the human body and human soul; want to release soul to enter world soul

Indo-European Religions are not...

Indo-European Religions are not...

Semitic Religions are not...

Semitic Religions are not...