AR104 Lecture Notes - Infinitive, Moral Universalism
6 Jun 2013
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Week 10 lecture 1 november 13th, 2012. The problem of the one and the many. Thales 500bc-490bc: first one to suggest that everything emerges from water. It can rapidly change its form, acquire different properties (solid/rocks mountains, vapour/air, liquid/blood) First explanation without the use of gods. Use of reason, discovery of the mind. Pythagoras: first one to turn to cosmos, strictly governed by mathematics. Numbers always lead to infinity, infinitive causes and effects: speculative thinking and thought. Pure thought, explain abstract concepts: pushes argument into pure speculative range. Every human wants to be ethical, behave in an ethical way. Choose a path in life and stick to it. Only matter because we live with other human beings, can"t be good in a room by yourself. Society demands morality: to understand nature you have to understand yourself. Self-knowledge, this is why we become educated: questioning is the answer to our freedom, ****refer to 2nd written response.
