Notes on chapter 2 pg.14-25 Socrates: The First Moralist Socrates (c.470-399 B.C) he was 70 years old when he died‚ his father was Sophroniscus‚ a sculptor‚ his mother Phaenarete‚ was a midwife. Socrates was likely a stonemason and a sculptor before turning to philosophy. He was a soldier during the Peloponnesian War. He has walked barefoot across ice‚ meditated standing up for thirty-six hours. He had the ability to ignore physical discomfort in order to achieve some greater mental or spiritual
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Like Descartes‚ Montesquieu associated freedom as being in accordance with reason. Unlike Descartes‚ Montesquieu did discuss external freedom as embodied through law more at length‚ and also wrote extensively on the subject of slavery. In The Spirit of Laws‚ Montesquieu writes that “… political liberty does not consist in an unlimited freedom. In governments‚ that is‚ in societies directed by laws‚ liberty can consist only in the power of doing what we ought to will‚ and in not being constrained
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start with right triangles. Trigonometry Example But there’s more to it than that. 101 lecture 1 3 3 – Analytic geometry The ellipse Use algebra (and calculus) to analyze geometry problems. Key technique: coordinates Rene DesCartes 101 lecture 1 4 4 - Computer simulation Calculate the area and circumference of an ellipse. Learn to use the computer program “Mathematica” which is available in the microcomputer labs in Farrell Hall. (You can’t afford to buy
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Before the 16th century‚ Europe had a radically different approach and view of science. At that time‚ this system of explaining the universe and superstition were seen as equal counterparts. There was a belief almost‚ that the ways of life could not be explained logically‚ but only by superstition and the mysterious actions of God. That assumption was created in part by the Catholic church and since‚ the church influenced a large portion of the common people’s time and lives‚ science remained as
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space time‚ matter‚ force -empiricism (passive mind‚ induction) -Francis Bacon (scientific method‚ idols of tribe‚ cave‚ marketplace‚ theater‚ naturalistic approach to dreams) -rationalism (active mind acts upon sensory‚ deductive) -mechanism -Descartes (systematic doubt‚ “I think therefore I am”‚ nativists‚ dualist‚
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Western Civilization‚ Chapters 14-17 Exam Study online at quizlet.com/_88jqf 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. ____ was a Jewish philosopher who argued that religion should be voluntary‚ that secular states should promote tolerance‚ and that progress for everyone would come through humanitarianism. Moses Mendelssohn ____ was the "new scientist" whose work laid the foundation for Sir Isaac Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation. Johannes
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determine that it does exist. English rationalist philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) reasoned that God is simply an idea constructed by the human imagination from ideas of the visible world. Contemporary‚ the rationalist French philosopher Rene Descartes (1596-1650)‚ assented that his awareness of his own existence and his internal reasoning indicated the existence of
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Greatness then‚ is not an act‚ but a habit” ― Aristotle “The world is mere change‚ and this life‚ opinion.” ― Marcus Aurelius “Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much” ― Blaise Pascal "I think; therefore I am" ― Rene Descartes "The question is not‚ "Can they reason?" nor‚ "Can they talk?" but rather‚ "Can they suffer" ― Jeremy Bentham "Curiosity is the lust of the mind" ― Thomas Hobbes "Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion"
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mind is then capable of controlling our bodily movement. According to Carlson this fascinating interaction occurs in the pineal body located on the top of the brain stem. Modern view supports some of the ideas from the past; those of Muller and Descartes. The behavioral neuroscience of today is rooted in important developments of the past (Carlson 10). We have accepted that there is absolutely a connection between psychology(mind) and physiology(body). The understanding of how the information is
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From placeholder to the driver of calculus‚ zero has crossed the greatest minds and most diverse borders since it was born many centuries ago. Today‚ zero is perhaps the most pervasive global symbol known. In the story of zero‚ something can be made out of nothing. Zero‚ zip‚ zilch - how often has a question been answered by one of these words? Countless‚ no doubt. Yet behind this seemingly simple answer conveying nothing lays the story of an idea that took many centuries to develop‚ many countries
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