Ancient philosophy

Ancient Greece had a rich history and culture. A major part of this civilization were the scientific theories and explanations that famous philosophers and scientists created. However, during this time period, scientists and philosophers did go through the modern scientific method when creating a theory. The scientists of that time came up with conclusions founded on false ideas and assumptions based on religious variables, thus, creating an array of erroneous conclusions. (Scientific…

Atharva Karnik PHL 201-(11) What Is Philosophy? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines philosophy as: the study of truth, nature, and meaning of life, a particular set of ideas about the aforementioned, and a set of ideas how to do something or live one’s life. So what is philosophy really? What’s the point of philosophy? Philosophy is something that allows people to analyze life in a non scientific manner and determine constraints and conditions for life, truth, and nature. It helps make…

a supreme being, or a supreme good, separated these two philosophies to act as conflicting works. To Aristotle, this “good” was the human mind’s ability to understand and achieve eudaimonia, wisdom, and truth; when St. Augustine believed that the “good”…

beginning of our book we learned about what philosophy means, the ultimate aim of philosophy, and we learned about critical thinking. Philosophy is “the love or pursuit of wisdom” (p5). After learning a good way to describe philosophy, we met a female philosopher named Perictione. She believed humanity exists in order to contemplate the principle of the nature of the whole (p5). Moving on to the ultimate aim of philosophy, we learn some of the goals of philosophy. A couple of these goals…

Nguyen 1 Randy Nguyen Ancient Philosophy Rev. Joseph W. Koterski, S.J 12/6/17 Metaphysics, What is Metaphysics? In a world where the study of philosophy combines with the principles of things, which includes abstract concepts such as substance, knowing, cause, identity, space, and time. All of these concepts are very important since they are used to determine the real nature of things, and identify the meaning, and how structured thing exist in the world. Aristotle develops what he…

Junior Project Research Paper Throughout history, the allegory has played a vital role in revealing moral lessons to people of all ages and backgrounds, linked by common symbolism and human experience. An allegory is defined by Merriam-Webster as, “the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence.” Common examples range from, Aesop’s “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” to C.S. Lewis’s series, The Chronicles of Narnia. Often, such works…

In ancient Greece, Diogenes and Alexander had some of the most distinguished personalities, which made people admire them. Diogenes, founder of Cynicism, was a philosopher that lived his life as he described natural and free of convention, as he thought all men should. Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia, was one of the most brilliant thinkers and successful conqueror of his time. In Highet’s essay” Diogenes and Alexander”, he describes their personalities and the meeting these two great men…

The poem was written in couplet form, which is a stanza consisting of two lines that usually rhyme (Dictionary.com, 2015) (Poetry Foundation, 2009). Pope’s poem had real-life experience with a small amount of ethical leanings and some skeptical philosophies (6.10) (Waltham & Mindedge Inc, 2014). Pope also used neoclassicism in this poem (6.7) (Waltham & Mindedge Inc, 2014), combining all of these styles together was a reflection on the way he had learned through-out…

Christopher Phillips is the author behind philosophy bestsellers such as Six Questions of Socrates: A Modern Day Journey of Discovery through World Philosophy and Socrates Café: A Fresh Taste of Philosophy. Phillips believed in the Socratic method which means “the use of questions, as employed by Socrates, to develop a latent idea, as in the mind of a pupil, or to elicit admissions, as from an opponent, tending to establish a proposition” according to Webster Dictionary. Christopher Phillips is…

themes throughout his dialogues, particularly the contrast between Sophistry and Philosophy. His dialogues never shy away from this complex difference, but rather, the problem is presented with care. However, this does not always lead to a simplistic differentiation. The difficulty of the problem is heightened, instead of being resolved. Many individuals, upon reading Plato’s dialogues, would confuse sophistry with philosophy, based on the fact that both use rhetoric. Through the use of…