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26 Cards in this Set
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LOGOS / FATALISM
MARCUS AURELIUS |
Logos - Rules over the world, spiritual blueprint, driving force of human life. Logos always tests the strongest
Fatalism - Amor Fati (Love your fate) accept it, although you can deviate from path prescribed from Logos price is paid. Freedom of will is illusion.
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UNCONDITIONAL DUTY
MARCUS AURELIUS |
Fulfill your duty, even if others don't fulfill theirs to you.
You can't hold others accountable.
Don't find excuses.
Serenity - Stay calm. |
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POSITIVE / NEGATIVE VALUES
MARCUS AURELIUS |
Positive - HKSSS
Honesty, Kindness, Strength, Simplicity, Selt-Control
Negative - WALCH
Weakness, Anger, Lying, Cruelty, Hypocrisy |
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CONTROL VS INFLUENCE
MARCUS AURELIUS |
You can't control others
You can only influence others
EX: Be a good brother to druggie brother! |
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WEAKNESS
MARCUS AURELIUS |
Only women allowed to be weak.
Men cannot be weak. |
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3 BEAUTFIUL SISTERS - What world is created of
THOMAS AGUINAS |
What world is created of...
Religion - Revelation Philosophy - Logic Science - Facts |
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6 LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE
THOMAS AGUINAS |
RDT PSP REVELATION DOGMATIC INTERPRETATION BY CHURCH THEOLOGY PHILOSOPHY SCIENCE PRACTICAL COMMON SENSE
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ARGUMENTS OF GOD - 5 TRUTHS
THOMAS AGUINAS |
Arguments of...
Motion - God is first mover Cosmological - God is first cause Necessity - God is absolute necessary being. Gradation - God is most perfect being (stone>monkey>human>god) Teleological - God is master of universe. |
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PROBLEM OF EVIL - Why does god tolerate it?
THOMAS AGUINAS |
God gave humans freedom of will
Evil is the abuse and misuse of freedom of will
God tolerates evil hoping we become moral adults on our own, he respects us. |
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METHODIC DOUBT
RENE DESCARTES |
What can we know 100%? - One by one recognize what is certain.
Nothing is more important than the process of thinking. I think there for I am.
The reality is the perception of reality. More important than what happens is what you think about what happens. |
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STRUCTURE OF THINKING - 2 Elements
RENE DESCARTES |
A priori - Before experience
Born with logical structure gift from god, logical stucture works side by side with instincts.
A posteriori - After experience
The foundation built by your experiences. |
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COHERENCE THEORY OF TRUTH
RENE DESCRATES |
Any sensual or factual proof is imperfect
You must be able to prove using pure logical thought. |
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2 "i's"
RENE DESCARTES |
Bodily i - Male in space, engineering, reversible. Reversible - Changing physical things.
Intellectual i - Femal, in time, memory, irreversible. Irreversible - You cannot reverse time of past/present.
Man lives in space, engineers his space, woman lives in past/future, connected to flow of time about spiritual life.
Both i's independent of each other. |
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6th PROOF OF GODS EXISTENCE
RENE DESCARTES |
Thomas Aguinas proofs good, but not sufficient.
Essence of humans it to be limited/imperfect. Essence of god is unlimited/perfect.
In our soul is presence of striving perfection this is proof of gods existence, Rene Descartes looks inside.
Sum, ergo dues est - I am therefore god exists |
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STRUCTURE OF KNOWLEDGE
DAVID HUME |
EMPIRICISM - Sense data, human knowledge starts with sensual perceptions, impressions
Generalizations
Ideas |
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ALL IDEAS (STATEMENTS)
DAVID HUME |
All abstract ideas need sensual evidence, healthy skepticism.
True, False, and Meaningless statements
Meaningless statements are when you don't have any proof. Ideas of god/universe/self are meaningless speculation.
Don't talk about "I would" or "I will", talk about what is. |
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CORRESPONDENCE THEORY OF TRUTH
DAVID HUME |
TO PROVE SOIMETHING IS TO SHOW EVIDENCE
NO LOGICAL CONCLUSIONS |
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MORAL PHILOSOPHY
DAVID HUME |
Hedonism - Essence of morality is our individual happiness. Happiness is sum total of pleasure minus sum total of pain.
Relativism - As many people as many truths Pragmatism - Morality has to be practical/useful Altruism - Love helping your neighbors |
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ALTRUISM - Strategic investment altruism
DAVID HUME |
Doing things for people with the idea they will do something in return, but not explicitly asking for a returned favor.
Helping others is a good investment as others feel gratitude towards you.
Open ended expectation |
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BRIDGING DESCARTES AND HUME
IMMANUEL KANT |
Believes they went too far in opposite directions
Tried to find the best of both and combine their elements into one philosophy
Took great effort to ensure opposite philosophies could be compatible. |
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HUMAN KNOWLEDGE - Meeting point between...
IMMANUEL KANT |
Transcendental, a priori, logical structure of our mind (rene descartes) and the Flow of empirical information (david hume)
Building a preconception and comparing it to sensual reality is usually mismatched. Preconceptions too rigid/simplistic, cimpared to rich reality of sensual perception.
We may know trivial knowledge, but will never know ourself/others in serious situations. |
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STRUCTURE OF THE THING
IMMANUEL KANT |
Phenoumena - Surface of thing portion we know.
Noumena - Essence of thing, portion we can't know 100% |
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3 TRANSCENDENTAL IDEAS
IMMANUEL KANT |
These ideas don't give us knowledge, but a guess about noumena (essence)
God, The Universe, The Self
Can't know for sure, but these ideas aren't meaningless, they are transcendental. Don't lose hope. |
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HUMAN ACTIONS
IMMANEUL KANT |
MORAL - morality is universal and necessary gift from god, free to use how you wish. No calculations in morality, just because legal not moral. IMMORAL AMORAL - Business like |
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SLAVERY
IMMANUEL KANT |
We are Slaves phenomenally - body is kingdom of slavery, can't absolve yourself from needs of body. Minimal flexibility.
We are Free Noumenally - Soul is kingdom of freedom, free to enjoy whatever music/hobbies/etc. |
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IMPERATIVES - 2
IMMANUEL KANT |
Categorical imperative - act as if your actions were to become universal law. Act as you want others to follow.
Practical Imperative - Act as if the other person were not only a means but a goal of your action. Don't manipulate others to your benefit, don't use others as tool to your happy |
