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1
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study of fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence

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philosophy

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2
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originated in Athens, Greece at around 600 BCE

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philosophy

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3
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mentor of Plato, not considered a writer

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Socrates

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4
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western philosophy is believed to be originated by Him

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socrates

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5
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ways of questioning the truth by utilizing series of questions to search for the correct definition of a thing

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Socratic method

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6
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finding the ‘true self’ means to reach one’s ‘soul’

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Socrates’ Perspective on Human Nature

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7
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known for thoery of form

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Plato

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8
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Plato

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Aristocles

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9
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abstract, perfect and unchanging concepts or idea that transcend time and space

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forms

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10
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the physical word is not the real world; ultimate reality exist beyond our physical world

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theory of forms

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11
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Plato’s Theory of Forms

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Realm of Shadow and Forms

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12
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people are inherently good and ignorance is the equivalent to evil

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Plato’s Perspective on Human Nature

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13
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The Tripartite Soul

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Reason, Spirited and Appetites

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14
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non rational and is the will or drive towards action

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the spirited

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15
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rational and motivated by goodness and truth

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Reason

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16
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irrational and lean towards the desire for pleasure

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The Appetites

17
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did not join christianity because it looked that it cannot provide him the answers to his questions of interest

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St. Augustine of Hippo

18
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father of modern psychology

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Rene Descartes

19
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to become skeptical and doubt the truth in one’s belief

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cartesian doubt

20
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Two Powers of the Human Mind

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Intuition and Deduction

21
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apprehend direction of a certain truths

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Intuition

22
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ability to discover what is not known

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Deduction

23
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the cognitive aspect of human nature is his basis for the existence of the self

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Descartes’ Perspective in Human Nature

24
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the mind/body problem

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soul/mind is a substance separate form the body/brain

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works focused on the activities of the human mind, how people acquire knowledge

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John Locke

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