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. 445-365 BCE , was a Greek phi l osopher and a pupi l of Socrates. ***** f i rst
l earned rhetori c under Gorgi as bef ore becomi ng an ardent di sci pl e of Socrates.
H e adopted and devel oped the ethi cal si de of Socrates' teachi ngs, advocati ng Anti sthenes
an asceti c l i f e l i ved i n accordance wi th vi rtue. Later wri ters regarded hi m as the
f ounder of Cyni c phi l osophy.
a beggar who made hi s home i n the streets of Athens, made a vi rtue of extreme
poverty. H e i s sai d to have l i ved i n a l arge tub, rather than a house, and to have
wal ked through the streets carryi ng a l amp i n the dayti me, cl ai mi ng to be l ooki ng
f or an honest man. H e eventual l y settl ed i n Cori nth where he conti nued to pursue D i ogenes
the Cyni c i deal of sel f -suf f i ci ency: a l i f e whi ch was natural and not dependent
upon the l uxuri es of ci vi l i zati on. Bel i evi ng that vi rtue was better reveal ed i n
acti on and not theory, hi s l i f e was a rel entl ess campai gn to debunk the soci al
val ues and i nsti tuti ons of what he saw as a corrupt soci ety. Was known as the "dog"
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were an ul tra-hedoni st Greek school of phi l osophy f ounded i n the 4th century
BC,435-388 supposedl y by Ari sti ppus of Cyrene, al though many of the pri nci pl es
of the school are bel i eved to have been f ormal i zed by hi s grandson of the same
name, Ari sti ppus the Younger. T he school was so cal l ed af ter Cyrene, the T he Cyrenai cs
bi rthpl ace of Ari sti ppus. I t was one of the earl i est Socrati c school s. T he *****
taught that the onl y i ntri nsi c good i s pl easure, whi ch meant not j ust the absence
of pai n, but posi ti vel y enj oyabl e sensati ons. Of these, momentary pl easures,
especi al l y physi cal ones, are stronger than those of anti ci pati on or memory. T hey
di d, however, recogni ze the val ue of soci al obl i gati on, and that pl easure coul d
be gai ned f rom al trui sm. T he school di ed out wi thi n a century, and was repl aced
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. 435-c. 388 BCE ), was the f ounder of the Cyrenai c school of Phi l osophy.[ 1] H e
was a pupi l of Socrates, but adopted a very di f f erent phi l osophi cal outl ook,
teachi ng that the goal of l i f e was to seek pl easure by adapti ng ci rcumstances to Ari sti ppus
onesel f by mai ntai ni ng proper control over both adversi ty and prosperi ty. Among hi s
pupi l s was hi s daughter Arete
Ari stotl e wants to catergori ze everythi ng. Ari stotl es theory of categori es i s the
What di d Ari stol e say pl ato probl em was answer to Pl ato's theory f orms. Pl ato woul d state that Ari stotl e woul d make a
catergori cal error.
1. T he T hi ng bef ore i t has changed. 2.T he thi ng doesn't have that wi l l cause 3.
3 stages of change
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asserts that F orms (or I deas), and not the materi al worl d of change known to us
through sensati on, possess the hi ghest and most f undamental ki nd of real i ty. T he
F orms are the onl y true obj ects of study that can provi de us wi th genui ne T heory of F orms
knowl edge. [ 2] Pl ato spoke of f orms (someti mes capi tal i zed i n transl ati ons: T he
F orms)[ 3] i n f ormul ati ng hi s sol uti on to the probl em of uni versal s.
T rue knowl edge i s knowl edge of the uni versal truths T heory of Knowl edge
T rue knowl edge i s knowl edge of the uni versal truths T heory of Knowl edge
What i s our knowl edge “about”? When we know somethi ng, what i s our knowl edge
T he T heory of Knowl edge knowl edge of ? Pl ato supposes that there i s a cl ass of stabl e, permanent, and
unchangi ng obj ects that warrant our knowl edge cl ai ms.
F orms i n the T heory Of Knowl edge Gnosi s E pi steme E i kasi a Pi stas
What i s "Gnosi s" Knowl edge of absol ute truth
What i s "E pi steme" Knowl edge of numbers
What i s "E ki asi a" Knowl edge of I cons: sense Knowl edge