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Abraham
He is the Father of faith because of his trust in God
David
He was shepherd then a king. He was a sinner and a song writer
Moses/Law & Covenant
It is contained in Torah. It is instructions for ritual of worship. A moral: legal code. Moses- Is the law giver, not the law maker. He received the law from God and gave it to his people. The law of Moses if found in the Hewbrew scripture
Psalm 5
Written by David to repent of his sin and beg for God’s forgiveness. The Psalm 5 mentions that God wants sorrow for sin before he wants sacrifices.
Jewish Legacy
Law: Knowable morality and moral responsibility of individual
Covenant: Relational, obedience/love to person, not simply to abstract principles
Greek philosophy
“love of wisdom” and it originated in Greek city states. (6th century BC). Reasoned inquiry into the principles of natural world, divine beings, and human affairs.
Socrates, the questioner
Athens (capital of Greece), Born in 470 B.C., Socratic method, and executed for atheism and corrupting the young.
Plato, the abstract reasoner
Forms: Perfect originals in a spiritual realm, things of this world only imperfect copies
Seeking truth: Requires discipline of the body, requires mental leaps from unreliable experience of imperfect copies, and death can help
Plato, Phaedo
Reflections on advantages of dying
Aristotle, the great empiricist
Aristotle valued empirical (senses/ experience) research more as a means of discovering truth.
Nature of the soul: give life to the body, immortal, and pre-exist body
Plato’s Soul
Head: reason
Chest: spiritedness
Stomach: appetite
Legacy of Greek philosophy
Legacy of methods, existence of forms (realism vs nominalism), Nature of the body and soul
Greek polis
Enable the individual to be happy, highest form of association, value of participation
Plato’s Republic (justice, classes, analogy to the soul)
Described justice in a city as each person doing what he was supposed to do, diversity of occupations
Plato, Republic (pp. 14-16, on justice in the state and in the soul)
Guardians: leadership
Soldiers: defense/ enforcement
Workers: productive class (maker of things)
Greek happiness
Eudaimonia and our high attainable good to “live well”
Path of virtue
A habit of excellence in one area of action. There is intellectual virtues (intellect) and Moral virtues (character). It is important because it is the most stable element in happiness.
Elements of virtue
- Voluntary
- Deliberative
- Aspirational
- Habitual
- Moderate
Music and virtue (general view of Plato, Aristotle)
Music help shape virtue.
Plato and Aristotle both agree the Dorian should be taught
Plato: wants people to study music because it help people to be balance
Aristotle: the flute should not be part of music education because learning to play the flute requires too much skill, does not express moral character, and prevents one from singing.
Greek culture/Macedonians/Romans
Macedonians conquer greek and Roman conquer Macedonians. Greek culture was embraced by Roman and spread under Macedonians
Greek centric
Roman eccentric
Brague’s general idea
Greek culture
Early Rome (750-500 BC)
Founders- Romulus and Remus. Romulus was monarchy
Roman republic (government, conquests)
Assemblies is controlled by the wealthiest citizen and there are 2 consuls. The 2 consuls are elected by the assembly, one year term, and a military leader.
Seneca, Of Peace of Mind
We live because fortune will not be able to take so much from us. We can take the sting out of evil by knowing ahead of time that anything can happen to you.
