The Philosophy Book

39 Confucius’s devotion to the idea of establishing a humane society led him to travel the Chinese empire for 12 years, teaching ...

40 See also: Thales of Miletus 22–23 ■ Anaximenes of Miletus 330 ■ Pythagoras 26–29 ■ Parmenides 41 ■ Plato 50–55 ■ Georg Hegel ...

41 See also: Pythagoras 26–29 ■ Heraclitus 40 ■ Democritus and Leucippus 45 ■ Zeno of Elea 331 ■ Plato 50–55 ■ Martin Heidegger ...

42 MAN IS THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS PROTAGORAS (C.490–420 BCE) IN CONTEXT BRANCH Ethics APPROACH Relativism BEFORE Early 5th cen ...

43 According to Protagoras, any “truth” uncovered by these two philosophers, depicted on a 5th-century BCE Greek drinking vessel ...

44 See also: Laozi 24–25 ■ Siddhartha Gautama 30–33 ■ Confucius 34–39 ■ Wang Bi 331 ■ Jeremy Bentham 174 ■ Hajime Tanabe 244–45 ...

45 See also: Thales of Miletus 22–23 ■ Heraclitus 40 ■ Epicurus 64–65 F rom the 6th century BCE onward, philosophers began to co ...

46 THE LIFE WHICH IS UNEXAMINED IS NOT WORTH LIVING SOCRATES (469–399 BCE) IN CONTEXT BRANCH Epistemology APPROACH Dialectical m ...

47 See also: Thales of Miletus 22–23 ■ Pythagoras 26–29 ■ Heraclitus 40 ■ Parmenides 41 ■ Protagoras 42–43 ■ Plato 50–55 ■ Arist ...

48 Q. So you think that the gods know everything? Therefore the gods cannot know everything! A. I suppose they must do. A. Yes, ...

49 Socrates was put to death in 399 BCE, ultimately for questioning the basis of Athenian morality. Here he accepts the bowl of ...

EARTHLY KNOWLEDGE IS BUT SHADOW PLATO (C.427–347 BCE) ...

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52 I n 399 BCE, Plato’s mentor Socrates was condemned to death. Socrates had left no writings, and Plato took it upon himself to ...

53 first explore both what we mean by that concept and what makes it precisely the kind of thing that it is. He raises the quest ...

54 PLATO the power to perceive with our senses, there is a corresponding “Form” (or “Idea”)—an eternal and perfect reality of th ...

55 Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 CE, was not just a powerful ruler, he was a noted scholar and thinker—a realiz ...

TRUTH RESIDES IN THE WORLD AROUND US ARISTOTLE (384–322 BCE) ...

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58 A ristotle was 17 years old when he arrived in Athens to study at the Academy under the great philosopher Plato. Plato himsel ...