While both offering insightful and surprising opinions, Augustine and Plato have two different ideas on how people come to know. Plato offers his doctrine of recollection, as well as his theory of form and Augustine presents his theory of illumination. Ultimately, Plato’s explanation of how humans come to know is better because of the giant faith claim that Augustine is making by saying that to learn, one must consult with their inner teacher, Jesus Christ.
Plato puts forth the proposition that when people claim that they are learning, they are just recalling knowledge that their souls had possessed before. His bold doctrine of recollection is galvanized further by his theory of forms. The theory of forms states that the physical world …show more content…
Although Plato’s belief that all humans do is recall knowledge that their souls had previously known is thoroughly unfounded and unprovable, Augustine’s suggestion that the only time learning occurs is through consulting with one’s inner disciple, Jesus Christ, requires a much greater leap. Both suggest something without facts, but Augustine’s theory of illumination requires a much greater leap. Furthermore, Augustine essentially shuns over half the globe of ever being able to possess knowledge because their faith in another religion or lack of faith altogether. Unfortunately, many religions claim to be the only true religion, and it seems like somewhat of a shot in the dark to suppose that Christianity is the only accurate …show more content…
Descartes uses an extremely low burden of proof to doubt something. In his Meditation I, he doubts whether he is awake, given the fact that in his dreams he is as insane as a lunatic, but during the dream he is certain that is real life. Furthermore, Descartes questions whether there is a God and if he could be a great deceiver. But, Descartes’ greatest source of doubt centers around the fact that in the pas his senses have deceived him. For example, sometimes at a distance a building may seem infinitesimal, but up close the building is massive. Given that his senses have deceived him before, he accepts the slim possibility that his senses are always deceiving him, and physical objects may not be
Plato puts forth the proposition that when people claim that they are learning, they are just recalling knowledge that their souls had possessed before. His bold doctrine of recollection is galvanized further by his theory of forms. The theory of forms states that the physical world …show more content…
Although Plato’s belief that all humans do is recall knowledge that their souls had previously known is thoroughly unfounded and unprovable, Augustine’s suggestion that the only time learning occurs is through consulting with one’s inner disciple, Jesus Christ, requires a much greater leap. Both suggest something without facts, but Augustine’s theory of illumination requires a much greater leap. Furthermore, Augustine essentially shuns over half the globe of ever being able to possess knowledge because their faith in another religion or lack of faith altogether. Unfortunately, many religions claim to be the only true religion, and it seems like somewhat of a shot in the dark to suppose that Christianity is the only accurate …show more content…
Descartes uses an extremely low burden of proof to doubt something. In his Meditation I, he doubts whether he is awake, given the fact that in his dreams he is as insane as a lunatic, but during the dream he is certain that is real life. Furthermore, Descartes questions whether there is a God and if he could be a great deceiver. But, Descartes’ greatest source of doubt centers around the fact that in the pas his senses have deceived him. For example, sometimes at a distance a building may seem infinitesimal, but up close the building is massive. Given that his senses have deceived him before, he accepts the slim possibility that his senses are always deceiving him, and physical objects may not be