PHI 1104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Stephanus Pagination, Henri Estienne, Abstract Theory
2 Feb 2017
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1 bonus mark in each question = max of 2. Topics for question 1 *know names not dates// *only 2 appear you choose 1: the pre-socratic materialists, the pythagoreans, the sophists, the mystery cults. Topics for question 2 *all appear you choose 2: socrates account of his relentless questioning and views about the afterlife in the apology, the doctrine of recollection in the meno, the republic"s image of the divided line. Plato is being made to think by his teacher socrates is now making his own. Plato"s philosophy is abstract, he posits things that seem far away from our. Socrates is seen as the main character but we are getting plato"s positions but uttered by his teacher socrates, so we get a different side of socrates, more positive side of him ordinary thoughts. They know that you cannot get at one question without looking at other questions, we look at metaphysics and epistemology person.
