Early Philosophy
Philosophy means "love of __________"
wisdom
Philosopher who came up with the "question and answer" method of philosophy.
Socrates
Wrote The Republic
Plato
a story with symbolic meaning / reveals a hidden meaning
allegory
Socrates drank this type of poison
hemlock
True or False: Early philosophers rejected the gods as portrayed in the Greek myths.
True.
Aristotle tutored this military commander
Alexander the Great
Philosopher who believed in observable, tangible (physical) facts
Aristotle
Name of the school Plato founded
The Academy of Athens (or just The Academy)
The art of persuasive speaking
rhetoric
professional teachers in Athens whom Socrates often disagreed with were called...
sophists
The interlocuter (other person in the dialogue) who speaks with Socrates in "The Allegory of the Cave"
Glaucon
Painted The Death of Socrates (first or last name is fine)
Jacques-Louis David
When the interlocuters (participants in a dialogue) speak in The Republic, they are creating a "_________ in speech"
city
Plato's "___________ of __________" is the concept of a world of eternal, perfect, and unchangeable ideas
Theory of Forms
Early philosopher who believed number and music unified everything
Pythagoras
Painted The School of Athens
Raphael
Christian theologian who was heavily influenced by Plato (wrote The City of God)
Augustine
a type of debate in which winning is the goal
eristic
a foreign, non-citizen resident of Athens
metic
Early philosopher who believed water unified everything
Thales
Mythological character similar to Socrates in that he released prisoners (in Hades) from their chains
Orpheus
The home of this person is the setting for the dialogues of The Republic
Cephalus
a type of debate in which arriving at the truth of the matter is the goal
elenchus
Concept the philosophers believed in achieving; means the "greatest good"
summum bonum