Plato

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Who was Plato's teacher?
Socrates
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Who did Plato teach?
Aristotle
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What are the forms?
Ideal, pure and eternal versions of the things we have on earth. Found in the realm of forms which is spritual and the only 'reality' we have.
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What is the Form of the Good?
The Form of the Good is the highest of all forms. It brings enlightment to the rational mind.
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How did Heraclitus influence Plato?
The idea that things were always changing was a big belief that Plato was influenced by. "You can never step in the same river twice" was an important quote from Heraclitus.
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What is a rationalist?
Someone who thinks that there are certain truths about the universe that are knowable by mind alone.
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What is an empiricist?
Someone who thinks that we gain knowledge through sense experience.
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What does A priori mean?
Knowledge known from the mid alone not by facts in the world.
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What does A posteriori mean?
Knowledge from deduction or experiences
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