PHI 1104 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Meletus, Modern Philosophy, Iliad
13 Feb 2014
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Modern philosophy starts with socrates & constant examination of self & others. Plato: dialogued, plays/dramas, usually socrates, unique, represents his view of philosophy, open ended, continuous discourse, athenian court, decide guilt or innocence, decide penalty. Epictetus: self help manual, practically oriented / applied, philosophy is living well. I voice (his: talking to himself (meditation, doubt everything to discover what he knows , only certainty is he exists. Kant: philosophy professor, revolutionized philosophy, moral philosophy, basis of moral judgment, not experience but reason, completely objective or universal judgments, technical treatises (difficult) Nietzsche: genealogy = history / origins, how values have changed / developed, disconnected observations. What is philosophy: constantly redefining it / reinventing it. Piety is: what i"m doing: to prosecute the wrongdoer, for any crime, for any criminal; to not prosecute is impious, objection: not giving a definition of piety.
