Socrates

Historical Context

  • 469 BC, Athens, Greece
  • Solder > Stone Cutter > Philosopher
  • He didn't write anything - his student Plato wrote what we know about him.
  • Another student was Aristotle
  • Was sentenced to death.

Terms

Socratic Method

Ideas

  • Care for your soul
  • Knowledge is necessary to become virtuous and virtue is necessary to attain happiness
  • All evil acts are committed out of ignorance and hence involuntarily
  • Committing an injustice is far worse than suffering an injustice

Our "true self" is our soul(soul might be defined as the thinking and willing subject).

One Supreme good: Virtue(defined as moral excellence)

Quotes

"True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing."

"The un-examined life is not worth living"

References

Ideas of Socrates

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Plato

Historical Context 600 BC, Athens History's first true philosopher Socrates' student Started a school called academy Terms Eudaimoni: Fulfillment Theory of Forms: All things has an ideal form that exists outside t

Western Philosophy Timeline

Note: These are still a Work In Progress. Some cleanup required. Ancient Philosophy Pre-socratic Thales of Miletus Often referred to as the Father of Science Idea: Everything in the world is made out of water Ionian

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Published on: Jan 30, 2022

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