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    What alternative does Aristotle offer to Plato’s claim that learning is recollection? Where would Aristotle locate the mistake in Plato’s argument in The Phaedo? In his dialogues The Phaedo and Meno‚ Plato‚ through the form of Socrates‚ puts forth the idea that all learning is recollection. In The Phaedo‚ to prove that the soul is immortal‚ Socrates asserts the view that all learning is recollection and we simply need to be reminded of facts that our immortal souls are aware of. In Meno‚ Socrates

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    revivification of ideas such as humanism and Platonism and their effects on art make the influence of the Greco-Roman Classical period blatantly obvious in the philosophy of the Renaissance period. One of the most obvious revivals is the revisiting of philosophy from the Classical period‚ such as the ideas of Athenian philosopher‚ Plato (Hooker 1997). Neo-Platonism‚ meaning “new Platonism”‚ sought to take the ideas of Plato and combine them with other philosophies that were prominent at the time‚ such as

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    AUGUSTINE Augustine was born November 13‚ A.D. 354‚ in Tagaste (it is call today Souk Ahras‚ Algeria); and died seventy six years later in Hippo Regius (pp.1) Augustine was raise up in a family with both parents his father (Patricius) who was a nonbeliever until later in life and Augustine mother (Monica) a child of God. Augustine was taught at a young age about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by his mother; Augustine like any other young teenager did not like school but at the same time had

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    the Physics. By motion‚ Aristotle (384-322 BCE) understands any kind of change. He defines motion as the actuality of a potentiality. Initially‚ Aristotle’s definition seems to involve a contradiction. However‚ commentators on the works of Aristotle‚ such as St. Thomas Aquinas‚ maintain that this is the only way to define motion. In order to adequately understand Aristotle’s definition of motion it is necessary to understand what he means by actuality and potentiality. Aristotle uses the words energeia and entelechiainterchangeably

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    Luke Coviello 10/13/13 History 153 Merson Aristotle Aristotle was a pupil of the famous philosopher Plato. During his lifetime (384-322 BC) he learned and taught Socratic philosophy which was taught to him. He was taught this philosophy by Plato‚ who is responsible for all of Socrates written works since Socrates himself did not write down his teachings. During his teen years he was enrolled in Plato’s “Academy” where he then taught for about 20 years after his graduation. After this

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    The Ancient Greeks‚ Part Two: Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle Dr. C. George Boeree "The unexamined life is not worth living." -- Socrates The Athenians When we think of ancient Greece‚ we think right away of Athens. Several of the philosophers we have already discussed considered it the pinnacle of their careers to come and teach in this great city. But Athens wasn’t always great. It began as a collection of villages in some of the poorest agricultural land in Greece. Only carefully

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    ARISTOTLE Aristotle was born on 384 BC in Stageira‚ Chalcidice 34 miles east of modern-day Thessaloniki. His father Nicomachus was the personal physician to King Amyntas of Macedon. Aristotle educated as a member of aristocracy and at the age of eighteen‚ he went to Athens to do his further studies in Plato’s Academy. He was there at the beginning as a student of Plato‚ and then became a researcher and finally a teacher. Aristotle married Hermias’s niece Pythias who died ten years later. After

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    Our society considers the work of Thomas Aquinas as early philosophy. However‚ his arguments and themes in one of his best known body of works‚ Summa Theologiae‚ draw heavily from that of former philosophical giants—ones such as Aristotle or Augustine. On that note‚ one of Augustine major accomplishments included defining mind-body dualism and materialism—an important distinction in philosophy. According to Augustine‚ Materialists believe that the mind exists as a part somewhere in the body; whereas

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    Explain the way Plato’s concept of the Form of Good might influence the way Christians understand God Plato said that the knowledge of the Good is the highest knowledge a human is capable of. A human being struggles to see past the illusion of this world because they are ruled by their senses. Only the person who investigates and questions learns the truth behind this illusion. Plato believed that most things have a Form‚ however some do not‚ such as evil. The Forms he believed that some were

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    Aquinas: Language and God At the beginning of class this week‚ we reviewed the Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas‚ focusing especially on the fourth way‚ which involves degrees of perfection. Since it was discussed previously‚ I only took a few notes regarding things that had not been touched on before. Basically‚ no one can live in a way which denies degrees of perfection. There must be an objective gradation system in order to even simply say that one thing is colder then another. Something must

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