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Flashcards in KEY TERMS: plato Deck (11)
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1
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form

A

the internal and real idea of something (e.g. beauty)

2
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form of the good

A

the highest and greatest form

3
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rationalist

A

someone who believes that human reason is the primary source of all knowledge

4
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empiricism

A

someone who believes that all knowledge derives from what our senses tell us

5
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revelation

A

someone who believes that all knowledge was revealed through human and god encounters

6
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concept/ ideal

A

the innate idea of an object

7
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phenomena/ particular

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an actual instance of a ‘horse’ reflecting from the world of the forms

8
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immutable

A

unchanging

9
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epistemology

A

the study of knowledge

10
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eternal

A

never begins; never ends; never changing

11
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anamnesis

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remembering from our soul