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1GP - CL Notes
1GP - CL Notes
Philosophical Timelines/Epoch
Ancient
Medieval
Modern
Contemporary
1. Ancient
a. Cosmoc entrism- has a vision of reality that places the highest importance or emphasis in
the universe or nature.
- For them, human beings are useless/simply a speck of dust.
Socrates
- Father of Philosophy
- “Know thyself”
- He strongly believed that every human being had a responsibility to lvie up to their
physical potential.
Plato
Theory of Forms- emphasizes on the perfection of ideals.
Matter- considered particular in itself, all physical things that are made. It composes the
world of substance.
Form- composes the true, good, and beautiful. They are more real than any objects that
imitate them.
When the human body dies, the soul and reason dies.