Parmenides

Augustine has a varying relationship with western philosophy. While Augustine differentiates from the western philosophical tradition with his view of faith seeking understanding, he also rejects and accepts ideas from Plato’s theory of forms. The western philosophy tradition that preceded Augustine, tried to understand everything that is based on empirical evidence and logic. While western philosophers did use mythos in their explanations of the world, mythos was not their primary explanation.…

Anaxagoras was born c. 510 – c. 428 BC in a town called Clazomenae, in Asia Minor. During his early life, he was told to have 30 years remaining of life. Anaxagoras was very enthusiastic for humanity and science. He brought the spirit of scientific inquiry and philosophy from Ionia to Athens. Additionally, he came up with new theories of the universal order because of a search on the moon, which he said that the Earth was floating in space because of a force of air acting upward. He also said…

1. INTRODUCTION: In this paper, we will go over the Philosopher Plato and his works as a Philosopher. We will also be going over his life and work. By the end of this paper, we will try to conclude whether his ethical view on the world is ethical and if it would work in modern day society or not. 2. Plato’s early life, family, influence, work, later years, and ethical view. i) A brief talk of his early life. “Plato was born in Athens in 427 BCE. For many years Athens was involved in a very…

“Reasoning is refuted by experience.” (pg. 33) We, as humans, often have certain ideas or concepts about things due to empirical or abstract logic. Empirical logic is through experience. For example, we know what a dog is because we have seen and been introduced to a dog before. Abstract logic is without tangible experience. Numbers are an example of abstract logic. Numbers can be represented by the written “2”, two straws, or two cars. According to Webster Dictionary, experience is often…

through the character’s actions and the motif of dreams. The contextual elements such as prolepsis, and the significance of the chronologically displaced plot were briefly discussed. The theme of oppression was extensively discussed. Deliberating Parmenides’ statement on lightness and weight deepened my understanding of the motive behind the seemingly irrational and absurd decisions made by the characters. For instance, upon my initial read, I understood that Tomas leaving his job as a…

Plato: His Metaphysical Perspective on Ultimate Reality Plato is known in western culture as one of the greats when it comes to philosophy, he is most notably recognized in the field of metaphysics. He was born as an Athenian Greek around 428-348 B.C.E and was the disciple of the great Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle. Plato wrote many books discussing philosophy through dialect and in fact, Plato was the one to record all of Socrates teachings. The works most known today are the Republic…

Pre-Socratic philosophers developed the doctrines of monism, dualism, and pluralism, which are different ways, to answer the same question. The question monism, dualism, and pluralism tries to answer is what is the nature of reality, meaning what is the basic substance(s) or processes upon which everything, including the universe, is depended on? Thales was a monist that tries to answer the question by stating that water is the substance that everything depends on. Pythagoras was a dualist that…

with “pure” objects. By “pure” objects I think what Plato meant by that is reality is more than what the human can distinguish. We cannot see everything that may actually be happening if anything is happening at all. Monists Vs. Pluralists Parmenides believes motion is untrue because something would have to move to where something is not, which something is always there according to him. Space is not true either then because nothing is “empty”. It either has air which is not space or an…

R. Chodkowski describe two main ways of interpreting Sophocles Oedipus Rex, as far as the main theme of the tragedy is concerned; “The first one could be marked “the tragedy about infallibility or power of divinity”, the second could be labelled “the tragedy of arriving at the truth” ” (Grelka 2013). It is the view of this author that Sophocles intended a much more progressive concept for his ancient Greek audience than simply the “infallibility of divinity”, that the main idea of Sophocles work…

Plato began to second guess his place in the world. During this time, Plato began to consider how the well-being of people in Athens could be best served. Within in this time, around 409 BC, Plato met Socrates and became his follower. Socrates was a famous figure in the city of Athens due to his intellectual unorthodoxy. Plato found his interest in philosophy because of Socrates. It is the thought that Socrates directed his disciple’s studies toward the questions of virtue and how it establishes…