PHILOSOHPY - ANCIENT PHILOSOPHICAL INFLUENCES KEY WORDS

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FORMS
A name Plato gave to ideal concepts
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REASON
sing logical steps and thought processes in order to reach conclusions
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RATIONALIST
someone who thinks the primary source of knowledge is reason
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EMPIRICIST
someone who thinks the primary source of knowledge is gained through the five senses
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PRIME MOVER
Aristotle's concept of the ultimate cause of movement and change in the universe
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SOCRATIC METHOD
a method of philosophical reasoning which involves critical questioning
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ANALOGY
a comparison between one thing and another in order to clarify meaning
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TRANSCENDENT
being outside this world and beyond the realms of ordinary experience
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DUALISM
the belief that reality can be divided into two distinct parts, such as good and evil or physical and non-physical
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AETION
an explanatory factor, a reason or cause for something
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TELOS
the end, or purpose, of something
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THEIST
someone who believes in a God or gods
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Aristotle's concept of the ultimate cause of movement and change in the universe

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