Socrates

A philosopher who believed that people should constantly questioned everything.

• A general knowledge of helpful direction of inquiry and dead ends
• The unexamined life not worth living 
• The importance to human excellence of caring for our souls 
• The danger knowledge leads to actual good choices

 Was the unexamined life worth not living?

Socrates points was is that the unexamined life is barley human, ignorant.
Socrates spoke with a man who said by many to be wise, but found that this man had no wisdom than Socrates. Wisdom meaning knowledge of correct way for a human being to live, knowledge of particular excellence that is proper to human nature.


 

What Is Philosphy?

A. Philosophy comes from the Greek word meaning love and wisdom, or love and pursuit of wisdom to learn about ourselves and the world to become better thinkers/morals
-What does it mean to wise?
Gaining self-knowledge, good and bad experiences

B. Philosophy is the search for self-understanding
- Is Identity an illusion or stable?
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C. Philosophy is the search for fundamental belief that can be rationally justified.
> We ought to chose the guidance in order to justify what you have to know to find out what beliefs are and give good reasons if possible.

1. Asking questions about our most basic concepts.

Branches of Philosophy

1. Logic- The study of how to think critically without contradicting one self. Example: True statements
2. Epistemology- The study of knowledge different proposal of how we learn. Example: How do we know its true?
3 .Metaphysics- Study of nature of reality. Example: What is nature of human being?
4. Religion- Arguments of different roles of religion or God or premises. Finding evidence of claims(rational) Example: Gods existence; Gods nature.
5. Social and Political- What is the best form democracy, government, or war theory? 
6. Ethics- Morals and immoral. Example: Self conduct.
7. Aesthetics- Study of laws.