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SOC SCI 2- MODULE 2

INSTRUCTOR: Ma'am IANNE JOY Y. MANIQUIZ

TRY THIS:

Can you Name these Ancient Greek Philosophers:

1. Although he wrote nothing, he is depicted in conversation in compositions by a small circle of his

admirers — Plato and Xenophon first among them. He is portrayed as a man of great insight,
integrity, self-mastery and argumentative skill.Who is he?

Answer: Socrates

2. His philosophy stresses biology, instead of mathematics like Plato. He believed the world was
made up of individuals occurring in fixed natural kinds. Who is he?

Answer: Aristotle

3. He believed that reality is an imperfect reflection of a perfect ideal called the Forms. He
demonstrates the effect of this dual reality and the need for education. Who is he?

Answer: Plato

4. Born 428/427 BCE, Athens, Greece, teacher of Aristotle and founder of the Academy, best known
as the author of philosophical works of unparalleled influence. Who is he?

Answer: Plato

5. Died 384/347, Athens, student of Socrates, he believes that conflicting interests of different parts
of society can be harmonized. The best, rational and righteous, political order, which he proposes,
leads to a harmonious unity of society and allows each of its parts to flourish, but not at the expense
of others. Who is he?

Answer: Plato

FORMATIVE PERFORMANCE TASK 1: Explain your own understanding about the quote; “There is but
one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide” – Albert Camus

-When we judge the importance of a philosophical problem by its consequences, the problem of the
meaning of life is undoubtedly the most important. Someone who believes that life is not worth
committing suicide, and those who feel they have found meaning in life may be prone to dying or
killing to defend that meaning. Other philosophical problems do not have such drastic
consequences.

Camus suggests that suicide amounts to admitting that life is not worth living. He connects this
admission with what he calls the "feeling of absurdity." In general, we live life with purpose and
purpose, feeling that we do things for good and profound reasons. From time to time, however, we
may find that our daily actions and interactions are largely dictated by the force of habit. We stop
seeing ourselves as free agents and almost see ourselves as machine-shaped drones. From this
perspective, all of our actions, desires, and reasons seem absurd and pointless. The sense of
absurdity is closely related to the feeling that life is meaningless.

Camus hopes to face the consequences of the absurd. Rather than fully accepting the idea that life is
meaningless, he wants to use it as a starting point to see what follows logically from this idea.
Instead of running away from the feeling of absurdity, either out of suicide or out of hope, he wants
to live in it and see if one can live with that feeling.

SUMMATIVE PERFORMANCE TASK:

Convince me that “The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it”

- If we had never been questioned, we would have learned nothing! You can learn some of
the most valuable lessons in life's challenges. You have a chance to become wise after hard
times.