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9 Cards in this Set
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Pre-Socratics |
Tried to figure things out, religion didn't explain things |
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Materialists |
explained nature in terms of elements -Thales of Miletus: water -Empedocles: 4 elements -Anaxagoras: small particles (atomist) |
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Dualists |
Believe in 2 worlds -Heraclitus: world is constantly changing -Parmenides: senses will trick you, thought = existence |
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Humanists |
man is most important, God not as significant -Protagoras: man is the measure of all things -Democritus |
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Socrates |
-Very moral person -Socratic method: teaching through asking questions -Body gets in the way of learning |
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Plato |
-Socrates' student, wrote down his philosophies -Founded "The Academy" first school -Dualist (theory of ideal forms) -The Republic: perfect society with governmental reforms |
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Aristotle |
-Student of plato, didn't agree with his theories -Not a dualist -Systematizer and organizer -Founded "The Lyceum" school |
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Thomas Aquinas |
-Leading figure of his day -thinking was middle path between reason and revelation -all knowledge is interrelated, both sacred and secular learning are necessary |
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Francis of Assisi |
-Mendicant: traveling monk (why? to preach) -Preached to birds + animals (all creatures should praise God) -Stigmata (spontaneous bleeding from palms) thought was an affirmation of faith -"Canticle of Brother Son" one of the first poems not in Latin, love of nature -We should worship in our own language |
