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Jun 9, 2003 · Students of Plato and other ancient philosophers divide philosophy into three parts: Ethics, Epistemology and Metaphysics. While generally accurate and certainly useful for pedagogical purposes, no rigid boundary separates the parts. Ethics, for example, concerns how one ought to live and focuses on pleasure, virtue, and happiness.
Dec 22, 2003 · Plato’s discussions of rhetoric and poetry are both extensive and influential. As in so many other cases, he sets the agenda for the subsequent tradition. And yet understanding his remarks about each of these topics—rhetoric and poetry—presents us with significant philosophical and interpretive challenges. Further, it is not initially ...
Sep 10, 2007 · Metaphysics. It is not easy to say what metaphysics is. Ancient and Medieval philosophers might have said that metaphysics was, like chemistry or astrology, to be defined by its subject-matter: metaphysics was the “science” that studied “being as such” or “the first causes of things” or “things that do not change”.
Philosophy Teaching and Learning Organization Page 3 WHY PHILOSOPHY IS UNIQUE AMONG THE DISCIPLINES At one time or another, we all ask ourselves philosophical questions: open-ended questions — Philosophy is uniquely positioned to provide meaningful educational experiences to students. Other subjects may introduce elements of
What makes Plato relevant is that he mostly touches non scientific subjects. Unlike Aristotle for example who wrote a bunch of books regarding the biology of animals and astronomy, and science has proved him wrong in most of what he wrote, the majority of the subjects Plato touches can't be proved right or wrong by a known science, and thus are debatable even today, which makes his opinions ...
If Plato intended such a thing, I think Aristotle would’ve known it; and Aristotle takes Plato’s political arguments quite seriously. I don’t want philosophical inquiry to end in Plato; Plato is awful, for various reasons, I think. For that very reason, he’s a fine start—assuming the reader is in the right position to learn philosophy ...
Plato: The Republic. Since the mid-nineteenth century, the Republic has been Plato’s most famous and widely read dialogue. As in most other Platonic dialogues the main character is Socrates. It is generally accepted that the Republic belongs to the dialogues of Plato’s middle period. In Plato’s early dialogues, Socrates refutes the ...
