POL200Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Stomotheca
22 Nov 2018
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The trial and death of socrates euthyphro the apology . Homer was usually the knowledgeable one, socrates began to take over. Pre-socratic philosophy: the ionian enlightenment common characteristics; generally dissatisfied with explanations of the world that relied on stories or myths prose rather than poetry. Poetry = myth; prose = serious inquiry. Philosophy began to investigate the natural world. Guided by observation and inquiry a natural science. Herochlitus: the inpermenance of all reality; all is influx all things change if you see permanence your senses are deceiving you. Parmenity: all realities are not permanent, they are changeable. The belief that the senses are unreliable sources of information and knowledge. If you rely on your senses the only thing you"ll have is an opinion of something. True knowledge is only achieved when opinions are overcome. Itinerant teachers, most were not athenian taught epistemology, language, geometry, astronomy, geology, teachers of rhetoric.
