PHIL 1610 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Moral Evil, Manichaeism, Omnipotence

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Even though you will not be asked specific questions on the original texts, reading the original texts will help you firm up your understanding of each philosopher"s theory and put things into context. Plato"s notion of justice (how plato defines justice, from the point of view of the state and from the point of view of the individual). Plato"s notion of the ruler (philosopher-king): what qualities he has to have, etc. Do not worry about the specifics concerning how he got to be philosopher-king. Plato"s notion of knowledge: what he calls knowledge, what knowledge versus opinion (belief) is. Plato"s theory of the forms: what a form is, what the world of forms, compared to the physical world is. Aristotle"s notion of happiness: what the definition of happiness is (happiness understood as an activity which is enjoyable and which is in accordance with excellences of the character).

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