Pre-Socratics
He said, "you can't step in the same river twice, not even once." and thought everything was made of fire.
Who is Heraclitus?
He was a famous orator and Socrates debated him in the street.
Who is Gorgias?
Giving others what they are due.
What is Justice?
He is the main character of Plato's Dialogues.
Who is Socrates?
The love of wisdom.
What is Philosophy?
He is famous for his paradox involving Achilles and a turtle.
Who is Zeno?
The category containing Oratory, Sophistry, Cosmetics, and Gymnastics.
What is Flattery?
An activity which benefits its object.
What is a Craft?
Thrasymachus means this when he mentions "the stronger".
What are rulers?
A philosopher for hire.
What is a Sophist.
He was the first philosopher to make the distinction between "is" and "isn't".
Who is Parmenides?
The difference between doing what you see fit and doing what you want.
Also the difference between teaching and convincing.
What is knowledge?
Rule by a single, unjust leader.
Callicle's idea that the strong should increase their desire and take from the weak.
A cult leader. A champion of philosophy and music. The father of mathematics.
Who is Pythagoras?
He said "Everything is full of gods"
Thales
Speeches concerning laws and justice. Or, just a bunch of flattery, depending on who you ask.
What is Oratory?
A just action which will cause pain or suffering for its subject, who has been convicted of a crime, but nevertheless is good.
What is punishment?
The number of friends a tyrant is able to have.
What is Zero?
He said, "Everything is filled with gods."
Who is Thales.
Plato's genius response to the pre-socratic problem of identity and change.
What are the Forms?
The study of knowledge, meant to answer the question "How do we know things?"
Epistemology
The worst thing there is.
What is doing an injustice?
The people who a just government should benefit.
Who are the subjects/citizens?
The description of something that is able to be perceived by the intellect.
What is Intelligible?