Triumvirate Flashcards
(8 cards)
took off with Socrates and Plato in the 5th - 4th Century B.C.
Classical Philosophy
more concerned of how people should behave, and
first major philosopher of Ethics.
Socrates
important and lasting in the fields of Ethics, Epistemology
(absolute truth), and Logic, and particularly in methodology of
Philosophy (Socratic Method or “elenchus”)
- His views were instrumental in the development of many of the
major philosophical movements and schools
Socrates
Question and Answer, he branches
out truth = Epistemology
Socratic Method
ask more questions, because false belief make you act the wrong
way
Belief vs False Belief
Socratic method, stimulate rational thinking and
illuminate ideas
Elenchus
“welfare of their souls”
Immortality of the soul
named the Socratic Method to DIALECTIC METHOD
Greek philosopher and mathematician from the Socratic
(Classical) Method - He established 30 books
He trained with Pythagoras
Plato