Aristotle’s Prime mover: A) Explain Aristotle`s concept of a Prime Mover [21] Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who lived around the time of 384 BC – 322 BC. He was a student of Plato’s; however, there are differences in their beliefs. He was also tutor of the Ruler of Macedon‘s son Alexander; who later became Alexander the Great, one of the most successful commanders in history. Along with Socrates and Plato, Aristotle was a major influence on western philosophy as it is today. One of the key differences between Plato and Aristotle’s philosophies are beliefs about the ‘creation of a form.’ Plato believed in a demiurge – a figure that shaped a form from matter that already existed, so not in itself a creator, but a force that molded a form into shape.
Plato’s analogy of the cave, overall, is an analogy of how we, in our physical state, cannot gain knowledge of the true forms. Plato was an absolutist philosopher in classical Greece. He was also a mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues and a student of Socrates, which some may say, after Socrates dramatic death, fueled his fire to prove classical Greece wrong. However, millenniums after the analogy was conjured, it is still not clear what Plato actually meant: it is down to interpretation. Firstly, we come across Plato’s metaphor of chains.
These Greek philosophers used observation and reason to answer life's questions. Their works in philosophy gave them the title "lovers of wisdom." One of these philosophers, who was the first and considered greatest, was Socrates. Socrates was born in 469 B.C. in Athens, Greece.
Critically access the view that humans have immortal souls (35 marks) People who support the idea of an immortal soul think that that the soul is a distinct and immortal entity within the body (dualism) which can survive the death of the body and ascend to the afterlife. However, this theory would be greatly opposed by those who believe in materialism, the belief that we as humans exist as a single unit of body and soul which cannot be separated. The first major argument in favour of an immortal soul was given by the philosopher Plato. Plato believed that the soul was imprisoned within the body and that the ultimate goal of the soul was to be released at death back to the world of the Forms where it could be reunited with the Form of the Good (God). Thus the body which is purely material dies for Plato and the soul returns to the world of the Forms and is immortal.
In The allegory of the cave, Plato gives literary shape to Socrates most fundamental concern, namely that our souls be in the best condition, believing the godly question “what is justice” be answered. While Plato deciphers his theory, Al Gore is running on the same question. The former next president of the United States has shown his traveling global warming some hundred times, and his documentary presents the facts and offers solutions in an erudite, yet humorous and non political way. He uses words that imply a filthy industrial world with regard of the environmental impact, specifically using the words “moral, unethical, and faith” to discuss the argument he makes. Similarly, Plato uses those exact words for his argument, applying analogies and metaphors (just as Gore did with his childhood images) as people struggle to see the reality beyond illusion (just like gores metaphor of the frog in the boiling pot).
Comparing and Contrasting philosophic thoughts of Socrates and Aristotle How do we explain the world around us? How can we get to the truth? Socrates and Aristotle began the quest to find the answers thousands of years ago. Amazingly, all of philosophy since that time can be described as only a rehashing of the original argument between Socrates and Aristotle. Socrates and Aristotle's doctrines contrast in the concepts of reality, knowledge at birth, and the mechanism to find the truth.
It is during this era that Malachi becomes a prophet and then the Jewish language, the Hebrew is being replaced by Aramaic in 390 BC. The Golden Age, had many great philosophers, but one of them, Socrates, was unfortunately condemned to death by the Athenian jury. Nonetheless, a new great philosopher is being born in 384 BC, Aristotle; and Plato writes his most famous book, The Republic, in 370 BC. The Persian empire has a defeat, by Alexander the Great, in 330 BC. Then a great accomplishment is being made by the Romans, when they build the first paved road, the “Appian Way” going from Rome to
Explain the fundamental principles of the Design argument. a) The Design argument is an empirical argument that aims to prove the existence of God through design. The argument is a teleological argument, this derives from the Greek word 'telos' meaning 'end' or 'goal'. The argument is also an a posteriori argument meaning it is based upon experience. The argument was first developed 2500 years ago in Ancient Greece.
Basically he is theorizing that it is possible and plausible for someone to create a complete reality inside their own head. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby connects to Plato’s idea of building a total reality in one’s head. Jay Gatsby’s character, his love for the fair maiden Daisy, and finally his loss of her, are all
Plato, through the spoken words of Socrates, attempts to illustrate the value of education in the form of an allegory to Glaucon. In book seven of Plato’s Republic, Socrates verbalizes a realization that the average person living within their society could both think and speak without any cognizance of the Forms. In the allegory, Plato likens people untutored in the theory of Forms to prisoners chained in a cave; with this he begins to lead Glaucon to understand the difference between genuine knowledge and opinion or belief. The allegory of the cave is supposed to explain how the people of society can appear to function well without any knowledge of Forms. Socrates invites Glaucon to imagine prisoners who have been chained since childhood