Sunday, April 29, 2012

Some Philosophers and Their Contribution to Philosophy

 Socrates, Plato, Aristotle - The knol has only brief material

Socrates

Virtue is an excellent feature in character of a person. The traditional Greek moral theory advocated that there are four virtues: wisdom, courage, temperance and justice. Accoding to Socrates, knowledge or wisdom is the virtue of virtues.

Plato

According to Plato, there are mainly two types of knowledge:
1. Sense perception
2. Reason
Aim of Philosophy: According to Plato, the main aim of philosophy is love of wisdom.
Rationalism:  Plato rejected the view that knowledge is the perception of opinion. He emphasized that reason  is the characteristic instrument of knowledge.

Aristotle

He was the first scholar to discover "the series of syllogisms". It is a series in which from certain principles something new is concluded.
Related Web Sites/pages
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Virtue - Views of Aristotle and Kant Compared
Knol - 1718

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