“A Reflection from and of EXperience: My Personal Education” By: Rex B. Penuela “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” ― Aristotle1 I. INTRODUCTION: Guided by the quotation below: "In modern times there are opposing views about the practice of education. There is no general agreement about what the young should learn either in relation to virtue or in relation to the best life; nor is it clear whether their education ought to be directed more towards the intellect
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By studying Plato’s views on the soul‚ virtues‚ and forms‚ one can understand his outlooks on the individual and natural purpose‚ or telos. Plato had a teleological worldview‚ so he believed everything in nature had an end‚ or purpose. In his famous Allegory of the Cave‚ along with the Sun and Line analogies‚ Plato outlines the spiritual and intellectual journey of a human from ignorance into goodness and knowledge‚ which symbolizes a human reaching his or her purpose. This essay will evaluate Plato’s
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ring * Philosophy – acquires knowledge * It exist in the reality * Ethics – human conduct * “habits” – virtues * Good‚ civil‚ morally * Prescribed (do’s) * Proscribed (do not) * Epistemology – clarify ideas * “how do we know”
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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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fundamental nature of knowledge‚ reality‚ and existence‚ especially when considered as an academic discipline. It tries to explain many aspects in everyday life. The three main branches of philosophy are metaphysics‚ which asks the question of what is reality or the nature of reality? Epistemology‚ which asks how we know what we know? Finally‚ Ethics‚ which asks how we should live in light of what we know about reality? Each of these branches contribute to answering the many problems and questions
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1. Introduction to Philosophy by Richard Brown (Pre-philosophical way of thinking: Philosophy is not distinguished by the questions that it asks‚ but by the method that it employs in asnwering those question. Appeal to revelation as the only source of knowledge and the workings of supernatural personalities as the explanation of physical phenomena.) -Philosophy has a lot of different meanings. It could be -asking certain type of questions -talking about questions that philosophers deal with and
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the theories. Plato wrote about justice‚ courage and wisdom. He also examined poetry and is famous for his work‚ Republic. As for Aristotle‚ he wrote about logic and meaning and reasoning. He also wrote about metaphysics‚ music‚ poetry‚ and theatre. Aristotle was big on epistemology in universals and souls. He would incorporate his philosophical work in using science for reasoning. Aristotle’s intellectual range was from biology‚ chemistry‚ ethics‚ psychology‚ zoology‚ politics and government
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It has to do with cosmology‚ which is an extension of metaphysics that consists with the Universe as an orderly system. St. Thomas Aquinas first introduces the Cosmological argument in the Summa Theologica‚ where he discusses topics such as; the existence‚ simplicity‚ and will of God. St. Thomas challenges us
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God Does Not Necessarily Have to Exist In Descartes’ Meditations‚ he makes the strong claim that God must exist. I will first explain what Descartes’s argument for God’s existence is‚ and then I will attempt to support the argument that God does not need to necessarily exist through objections and replies. Premise 1: “We have an idea of God as an infinite and perfect being.” First‚ Descartes believes that there are properties that are inherently perfect. For example‚ being good is a perfection
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Kevin Becker Phil100 Fall 2014 September 28‚ 2014 “Thales’ Influence on philosophy; how a solar eclipse managed to shed new light on philosophical thought” Thales of Miletus was perhaps one of the most influential thinkers of his time and played an integral role in developing philosophy. Prior to Thales‚ people attributed natural phenomena to the actions of supernatural beings and viewed the natural world as impulsive. This is evident in the numerous poetic stories written by Homer which typically
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