PHIL 200 Chapter : Virtue
22 Apr 2012
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What does being x mean? (metaphysics: the nature of reality) More specific than metaphysics, range of objects unlike metaphysics. Form eidos/idea: figure, shape, the appearance of an object. Pariculars of a table: shape/size/colour/the table in space and time, right here, right now. When a carpenter builds a table, he has a vague idea of the form of a table. Concepts are laid concepts, his (plato) ideas are not in the mind they"re in the world. When you talk about its nature, we talk about its essence. In order for virtue to be taught, he has to know what it is. Therefore he would need to know what virtue is. Counterpart of opinion in philosophy is knowledge * Someone has examined it and knows the true state of affairs of the matter. No point in searching, you cannot begin to search without the idea of what your objective is. If you find it, you"ll have no idea you did.
