Philosophy 1362E Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Plotinus, Epicurus, Stoicism
10 Sep 2018
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We have to nd our true nature what gives us happiness: we can feel at home when we are with others or alone, this is our father land when we feel at home somewhere. Plotinus: platonist (highest on ladder", stoics materialist, epicurus materialist (lowest on ladder") The soul we are born with is not an ugly soul: the soul is free to decide whether to ascend or descend the ladder, it is free to strive for the good or the bad. This can be bad if our only concern is this. !1: god is the good and the good doesn"t want to keep the good for itself, but instead to give it away. Monday, november 30, 2015: emanate and create everything after it on the ladder, we have a divine part in us, philosophy is a type of theology (socrates, plato, diotima) Monday, november 30, 2015: exhortation to philosophy, dialogue plato and aristotle.
