Order, Order!
I’ve re-arranged my folder ’system’ from the chaos of putting the sheets and hand outs into a songle folder into three seperate ones. One for each subject, with hole punches. All I need now is a stapler, sniffings of OCD here maybe?
Anyhow, philosophy. We’ve moved onto the Greeks. Plato, Socrates and Aristotle.
I do have some things here on Plato that I’ve cited from Wikipedia but here’s an overview. Dates are approximate.
Socrates born 469 BCE had Plato as his pupil his key idea is that the truth is hard to arrive at but is worth pursuing. He says that most people hold false certainties but that he considered himself to know nothing. He sentenced to death for treason (his strict adherence to the truth and pursuit of virtue came into conflict with the authorities) and it’s said that he willingly took this punishment.
Plato born 427 BCE and was, as we know, a student of Socrates. tutored Aristotle. His key idea was that the world is made up of ideal forms of which ‘good’ or goodness is the greatest form. He is considered to have founded the first university.
Aristotle born 384 BCE also had a famous pupil in Alexander the Great. Aristotle believed that through proper upbringing and habit people can discover the best way to act. The middle way, it could be argued.
Some noted about this.
Virtue ethics (arete)
- Still self interest
- Develop self to maximum potential
- Virtue – as in virtuoso – masterly ability, technique, or personal style.
- Live philosophy
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