PHL 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Divine Command Theory, Aporia, Justice First
14 Feb 2018
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Aporia - the state of helplessness; in book one, brings everyone to a state of aporia on the topic of justice. Auxiliary - class of warriors responsible for defending the city. Belief - second grade of cognitive activity; in the visible realm rather than the intelligible realm. Elenchus - socrates" method of questioning; shows contradictory beliefs and then proves they are wrong. Epistemology - branch of philosophy dealing with knowledge, belief, and thought. Form - an aspect of reality beyond the one which we can see,; the intelligible realm is comprised of unchanging, eternal, absolute entities which are the forms . Form of the good - source of intelligibility and of our capacity to know and also that it is responsible for bringing all of the other forms into existence. Guardian - ruling class chosen among the ranks of the auxiliaries. Imagination - lowest grade of cognitive activity; taking mere images and shadows as real things.
