Saturday, March 10, 2018

History of Western Philosophy, Russel: Ch-26 Cynics and Sceptics

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10/11/2016 - Four schools of philosophy founded about time of Alexander   - Cynics, Sceptics, Stoics and Epicurean - Antisthenes , discip...

History of Western Philosophy, Russel: Ch-25 Hellenistic World

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10/9/2016 - Greek antiquity divided into three   1. free city state - freedom and disorder   2. Alexander and Philip - subjection and di...

History of Western Philosophy, Russel: Ch-24 Early Greek Mathematics and Astronomy

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10/3/2016 - Made great advances in mathematics and astronomy - Pretty much everyone contributed   - geometry   - till Archimedes   - He...

History of Western Philosophy, Russel: Ch-23 Aristotle's Physics

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9/30/2016 - Two books 1. physics 2. on the heavens - Nature   Phusis is something to do with growth (acorn -> oak tree) - Unmoved m...

History of Western Philosophy, Russel: Ch-22 Aristotle's Logic

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9/30/2016 - Deduction - Three main problems   1. Defects within system itself   2. over-estimation of syllogism   3. over-estimation of...

History of Western Philosophy, Russel: Ch-21 Aristotle's Politics

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8/8/2016 - Aristotle politics is interesting and important. - interesting because common prejudices of educated Greek n his time - import...

History of Western Philosophy, Russel: Ch-20 Aristotle's Ethics

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5/25/2016 - Nicomachean Ethics and 2 more books - Aristotel's ethics - the prevailing opinions of educated and experienced men of his ...