Chapter 2 Flashcards
Sophos
Sage
Monism
Everything consists of one substance
Rational discourse
Reasoning to clarify and to find order
Principle of sufficient reason
Nothing happens without a reason
Apeiron
Acording to anaximander. An indefinite infinite. Everything has an opposite
Pneuma
The pervasive spirit that holds the world together
Psyche
Soul. Having the ability to reflect and think
Logos
Reason. Universal order
Cosmose
Ordered whole.
“A harmony of contrasting elements
Cosmology
The study of the universe
Ontology
The stidy of being
Reductio ad absurdum
Reduced to absurdity
Zeno
Ad hominem fallacy
What you say is wrong just because you said it
Pluralism
The beloef that reality is made from many substances
Nous
Mind. Kind of like the spirit of god