Philosophy Vocab
Theory that all knowledge comes from using your senses
Empiricism
Early Greece philosopher were concerned in studying what?
Universe and natural things
He believed that truth about past historical events can be verified by thorough investigations
Thucydides
Middle Ages philosopher who said that the "city of man" was based on pride, arrogance, and selfish desires
St. Augustine
Thomas Aquinas felt that human will was determined by whom?
God - 5 proofs
Investigation into the nature of knowledge and how human acquire that knowledge
Epistemology
Who said the following: "The original source of all existing things... is water
Thales of Miletus
This term means to understand reality through a variety of methods of inquiry
Philosophy
Middle Ages philosopher who wrote about Athens vs Jerusalem and posited the idea that Christianity and religion transcend religion
Tertullian
Middle Ages philosopher who used scholastic thought in order to prove the existence of God
Thomas Aquinas
Study of fundamental nature of all reality
Metaphysics
Who said the following: "the principle and element of existing things was the aperion"
Anaximander
The idea of studying and glorifying human capabilities and potential
Humanism
This term is defined as: reintroducing classical philosophy with Christian theology/religion
Scholasticism
Doubters in Greece that believed in the pursuit of pleasure and freedom from fear/anxiety
Epicureans
Study of methods of reasoning and argumentation
Logic
He believed that nature contained an inherent mathematical order
Pythagoras
This Greek poet also a tyrant said religion was focused upon fear for the wicked
Critias
Middle Ages philosopher who argued that man was given reason by God which should be used because it separates us from the animals
Adelard of Bath
Middle Ages philosopher who believed that man has no set destiny and that we exist to pursue our own talents and desires in the real world
Pico Mirandola
Period of Ancient Greece when culture spread to Asia as a result of Alexander the Great
Hellenistic Greece
Greek philosopher who said that all diseases have natural causes and not created by the Gods or supernatural
Hippocrates
He used dialectics which threatened Greek political institutions and encouraged the youth of Greece to question everything
Socrates
He promoted education in his monasteries so he could better serve and unite his empire
Charlemagne
Greek philosopher to focused on the "wonders of man" and how talented and skillful we are.
Sophocles