My Struggling Journey To Enlightenment
A layman's Philosophy study notes
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Ancient Greek Philosophy: "The Presocraties And The Sophists"
1.1 What is Heraclitan Relativism?
Heraclitan of Ephesus was an Ancient Greek, pre-Socratic, Ionian philosopher, remembered for his cosmology, in which fire forms the basic material principle of an orderly universe (Britannica.com).
Heraclitan Relativism can be interpreted by everything’s indefinability. Two ways to explain why things are undefinable are the limited perspectives used to interpret the definition of a thing and the constantly changing state of everything in the world.
1.2 Plato's Euthyphro: What Is Pious?
Euthyphro's definition and Socrates' argument against it.
Considered himself as the expert about piety, Euthyphro defines pious as “the pious is what all the gods love, and its opposite, what all the gods hate is the impious (9e).” However, Socrates' argument against Euthyphro's claim presents Euthyphro’s contradiction and his failure to explain what pious is.
1.3 Plato's Oracle: Socrates defines "superhuman" wisdom
Socrates claims that Oracle does not possess a certain kind of "superhuman" wisdom(e.g. at 20e). What would someone with superhuman wisdom know, and how would the knowledge manifest itself? Is Socrates’ claim that he does not possess this sort of wisdom coherent with his behavior in the Euthyphro?
1.4 Meno's Paradox & Socrates Recollection Theory
In Plato's Meno, Socrates tries to use his theory of recollection to respond and resolve Meno's paradox.
"The difference between knowledge and beliefs."
1.3 Aristotian Happiness
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Modern Philosophy (16th - 18th Century) - Coming soon:)