PHIL 1000 Lecture 1: Philosophy 1000 Notes

• School: Fordham University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 1000
• Professor: Bruno Cassara

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Transitional: empathy/apathy, hi vs ai, money, violence, politics, original sin/finitude. E(cid:448)er(cid:455)o(cid:374)e tries to fit plato i(cid:374) a (cid:271)o(cid:454), (cid:271)ut he does(cid:374)"t let it happe(cid:374). Plato is an athenian, lived in the period of civil war (athens-sparta) Philosophy is always a discussion of how you get there: brainstorming, criticism. Greek philosophers were well rounded people (mathematicians, architectures, professors, rhetors) Exercising all of the capacities of a human being and search for morality and goodness. Ophist: protagoras (cid:862)ma(cid:374) is the (cid:272)e(cid:374)ter of all thi(cid:374)gs(cid:863) O(cid:272)rates (cid:374)e(cid:448)er (cid:449)rote a(cid:374)(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause he did(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to (cid:271)e (cid:373)isi(cid:374)terpreted. Without socrates, plato would never be a philosopher, and without plato, western philosophy would(cid:374)"t e(cid:454)ist. Virtue?= we do(cid:374)"t reall(cid:455) u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)d fro(cid:373) this te(cid:454)t: can virtue be taught, does it come by practice, do people have it by nature, or none of these? vs. O(cid:272)rates (cid:862)no(cid:271)od(cid:455) k(cid:374)o(cid:449)s (cid:449)hat (cid:448)irtue is(cid:863) = (cid:374)o o(cid:374)e (cid:272)a(cid:374) tea(cid:272)h it = so there is (cid:272)haos.