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32 Cards in this Set
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Plato’s teacher
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Socrates
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Plato's student
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Aristotle
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Aristotle's student
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Alexander the Great
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Plato's major work of literature
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The Republic
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Summary of the Republic
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an outline of the perfect political order and how morality fits into society
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What did Plato invent?
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colleges/universities
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Character in Picture of Dorian Gray who is very Platonic
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Basil
- he is always looking for the ideal |
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What is Plato's beliefe on perfection in the world?
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The individual objects that are imperfect and have problems
There are perfect objects but they are out in the world behind the sun [can be considered god for Plato] Have to have chairness before you have chairs There is an ideal humanity out there and we correspond with it but we are not going to ever be perfect |
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What is Plato's beliefe on knowledge and how we gain it?
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All knowledge is already there but we just have to figure out and uncover it
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To Plato, art is...
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Art is ultimately a copy of a lesser form of the ultimate perfection
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Plato's personal view on art
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He loves art but he thinks a perfect society would not have art in it but he also knows that is not possible
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The Study of Being
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Ontology
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The Study of How We Know
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Epistemology
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Main Objections Plato has to art:
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Ontological
Epistemological Moral |
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Plato's Ontological Objection to Art:
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Art is mimetic (mimesis) and therefore thrice removed from reality according to worlds of forms
A copy---not a good one Imitative 3 x removed from the ultimate reality Allegory of the cave [shadow vs. reality] Problem for what it is because it is a copy of a copy |
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Plato’s teacher
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Socrates
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Plato's student
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Aristotle
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|
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Aristotle's student
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Alexander the Great
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Plato's major work of literature
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The Republic
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|
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Summary of the Republic
|
an outline of the perfect political order and how morality fits into society
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What did Plato invent?
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colleges/universities
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Character in Picture of Dorian Gray who is very Platonic
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Basil
- he is always looking for the ideal |
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What is Plato's beliefe on perfection in the world?
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The individual objects that are imperfect and have problems
There are perfect objects but they are out in the world behind the sun [can be considered god for Plato] Have to have chairness before you have chairs There is an ideal humanity out there and we correspond with it but we are not going to ever be perfect |
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What is Plato's beliefe on knowledge and how we gain it?
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All knowledge is already there but we just have to figure out and uncover it
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To Plato, art is...
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Art is ultimately a copy of a lesser form of the ultimate perfection
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Plato's personal view on art
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He loves art but he thinks a perfect society would not have art in it but he also knows that is not possible
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The Study of Being
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Ontology
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The Study of How We Know
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Epistemology
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Main Objections Plato has to art:
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Ontological
Epistemological Moral |
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Plato's Ontological Objection to Art:
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Art is mimetic (mimesis) and therefore thrice removed from reality according to worlds of forms
A copy---not a good one Imitative 3 x removed from the ultimate reality Allegory of the cave [shadow vs. reality] Problem for what it is because it is a copy of a copy |
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Plato's Epistemologial Objection to Art
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Works of art are waht they but virture of being illusions; therefore they don't lead us to knowledge
Art is lies and illusion Any truth gained is not the best truth If any truth, going to be hazy |
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Plato's moral Objection to art
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The pursuit of knowledge s the pursuit of the Good, and if produces ignorance, then it is immoral
Art is illusion-Truth or not Poetry and drama know that they are not true Novel is a new art form that is pretending its real Audience would not understand the difference and highly influenced by art He is worried for them---can get corrupted by the art easily Art immoral for him cause doesn’t get you straight to truth Art seems to concentrate on the flaws in human and divine nature Not good for society Doesn’t think that demonstrated truth in literature works Understands that you can learn from art but it is still problematic Thinks family ties get in the way of a good society Art does not appeal to the highest faculty of the Soul, Pure Reason. It appeals to the emotions. Three parts of soul: Pure reason [brain], heart, and sexual People who act out of emotions is not good----very dangerous Art speaks to the passions so that is not good for the society |
