PHL200Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Prodicus, Ancient Philosophy, Epicureanism
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Middle period plato: 17th nov. - 15% Sophists & socrates (similar to founders of philosophy) *notes will be posted to blackboard after class* Pre-socratics : say some weird things (ex. everything is water ) They are important as they are thinkers, and came before socrates. We only have fragments of their works so we don"t really focus on them. A cloud of thinkers - made big world pictures, but didn"t have arguments for them. The nature of politics, how one ought to live, arguing in interesting ways. Had followers who were generals, the megarians, and most namely, plato. He takes up socrates" investigation of the world. Founded a school (the academy ) to teach philosophy. Descended from one of socrates" followers diogenes/crates. Created the stoic school (3rd school of ancient philosophy so far) Was an outlier, as he wasn"t a student of another philosopher. Founded epicureans (4th school of ancient philosophy) Comes out of plato"s academy at some point.
