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RTS - Intro to Philosophy

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Lesson 1 - Intro to Philosophy and Worldviews
What is philosophy 1,
What do philosophers do 2,
Why should seminarians study phil...
21  cards
Lesson 2 - the First Philosophers
Who were the milesians 1,
What was the milesians big idea 2,
What was the main idea of pythago...
13  cards
Lesson 3 - Socrates
Who was socrates critical of 1,
How did socrates pursue truth and...,
What questions was socrates conce...
11  cards
Lesson 3 - Plato
Plato was the first ____ philosop...,
Who was plato s 3 big influences 2,
What famous school did plato found 3
21  cards
Lesson 3 - Aristotle
What did aristotle do with plato 1,
What is the central idea in arist...,
What is a substance 3
19  cards
Lesson 4 - Epicureanism
What was epicurus big idea 1,
What was epicurus metaphysics 2,
What was epicurus epistemology 3
4  cards
Lesson 4 - Stoicism
What was the stoics big idea 1,
Who was stoicism founded by 2,
What is the stoics metaphysics 3
6  cards
Lesson 4 - Skepticism
What is the big idea of skepticism 1,
What does skepticism mean 2,
What is the skeptic epistemology 3
4  cards
Lesson 4 - Neoplatonism
What is plotinus big idea 1,
Who founded neoplatonism 2,
What is neoplatonism considered t...
9  cards
Lesson 5 - The Apostles
What was the apostles epistemology 1,
Metaphysics 2,
Providence 3
6  cards
Lesson 5 - Early Church Fathers
Who were the 4 groups of opponent...,
Who was the first church father 2,
What was justin martyr s strategy 3
23  cards
Lesson 5 - The Nicene Fathers
Who was the first nicene father 1,
What controversy was athanasius m...,
Who was the second group of the n...
4  cards
Lesson 5 - Augustine
Who is considered the greatest in...,
Who were augustine s theological ...,
What are augustine s 4 states of ...
13  cards
Lesson 6 - Medieval Philosophy (Boethius)
Who was the bridge between greek ...,
What was boethius important work ...,
How did boethius redefine eternity 3
4  cards
Lesson 6 - Pseudo-Dionysius & John Scotus Eriugena
Who attempted to systematically r...,
Where was pseudo dionysius episte...,
What was his relationship between...
5  cards
Lesson 6 - Anselm of Canterbury
What was anselm s relationship be...,
What was the atonement theory he ...,
What was anselm s 3 argument s fo...
7  cards
Lesson 6 - Peter Abelard
What is abelard important for 1,
What were the 3 positions taken o...,
What was abelard s relationship b...
3  cards
Lesson 6 - Non-Christian Medieval Philosophy
Who was the influential islam syn...,
What was avicenna s distinction b...,
Who tried to reconcile aristotle ...
6  cards
Lesson 6 - Thomas Aquinas
Who were the 3 non christian phil...,
What was aquinas important works 2,
What was aquinas method 3
17  cards

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