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30 Cards in this Set
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Lao-Tzu |
T ao W u-Wei A rt / Science S ocial Pessimist |
TWAS |
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Buddha |
D harma K arma R eincarnation N irvana |
DK RN |
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Protagoras |
S truggle for the truth D ebate M ajority vs Minority M an is measure for all things |
SDMM |
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Aristotle |
N ature / Facts H yle / Telos F riendship over love P erfect Gentleman |
NHFP |
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Plato |
U topia R eality (2 parts) E idos K ingdoms of being/becoming |
UREK |
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Socrates |
N o money in philosphy K now yourself C aring for your soul P hysical needs |
No Mo, Know Yo, C, P |
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Protagoras - Debate |
- Emphasized Debate - Importance of Convincing speech - Father of Communication science |
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Protagoras - Struggle For Truth |
- No absolute truth - Truth is subjective, relative, and situational - Truth must be pragmatic (useful) |
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Protagoras - Majority vs Minority |
Conformism - Truth of majority must be respected by minority
Tolerance - Truth of minority must be tolerated by majority |
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Aristotle - Hyle / Telos |
- All physical things made up of these - Hyle = Matter/Body - Telos = Mold/Form - Telos is somethings potential |
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Aristotle - Perfect Gentleman |
- Every man should be - Do things you are proud of - Nothing in excess, moderate. |
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Aristotle - Friendship over love |
- Friendship survives emotion distance, more important. |
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Socrates - No money in philosophy |
- Philosophy / Business incompatible - Despised the wealthy, they were arrogant and stupid. |
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Plato - Utopia |
- Idealistic, unrealistic building this - Afraid of social disorder, leads to chaos, unwilling to sacrifice order. - Segregation / Classes - Heavy on social justice |
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Plato - Kingdoms |
- Being Kingdom Genius (abstract ideas) Professional (We can see some idea of beautiful ideas) - Becoming Kingdom Everyday Life, Stupid (Bubble/Fake)
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Aristotle - Nature / Facts |
- Emphasized observation of nature - Fact based logic theories followed by facts - Father of scientific method |
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Socrates - Caring for your soul |
- Never lose sense of humor - Be careful of the culture put in your soul - Life long education - Ignorance is evil |
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Protagoras - Man is measure of all things |
- World is ours, humans have right to make life as we see fit - Change the world however we want |
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Socrates - Physical Needs |
- No physical needs is divine, few as possible close to it - More you care for physical needs, more animal you are - More free from physical, more soul focus, more human you are |
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Plato - Eidos |
- Eidos is structure of being, the spiritual form - Eidos always have, and always will exist - Every Eidos is God of its own domain |
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Socrates - Know yourself |
- Human essence to be animals with a soul/psyche - Soul/psyche = our ability for critical self reflection |
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Plato - Reality (2 parts) |
Becoming - Essence of physical form (shabby)
Being - Essence of spiritual form (beautiful) |
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Lao-Tzu - The Tao |
- The way, path, impossible to define, alludes us. - Tao controls/rules everything you have no control. - Two immortals YIN and YANG - Neither Yin or Yang favorable, each can be good, contexual. |
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Lao-Tzu - Wu-Wei |
- Non-Action, art of waiting. - Not procrastination, but finding the right moment. |
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Lao-Tzu - Social Pessimist |
Does not believe the perfect society can exist
Bureaucracy gets in the way. |
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Lao-Tzu - Art vs Science |
Science / Society are rigid and stiff.
Art / Intuition is open and flexible. |
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Buddha - Dharma (4 noble truths) |
- Essence of life? Suffering, hardship - Why we inflict additional suffering? Greed - What can you do? Abstinence, reluctance to indulge in excess - Why abstinence? Liberation
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Buddha - Karma |
- Agami Karma = Birth karma, from previous life, not responsible for. - Sabija Karma = Social Life, what you did your fault. - Deathbed Karma |
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Buddha - Reincarnation |
When you die, you will simply get a new vessel |
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Buddha - Nirvana |
When your soul (Jiva) does not reincarnate, reached enlightenment, existing in bliss of pure spiritual entity. |
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