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Pre-Socratic lives by materialism

refers to Ionian:

keen on nature science. Why it comes to be, why exists?

Dissatisfied with nature science

Apolo’s oracle at Delphi: Know yourself

He knows nothing about superior things and right way to live

He is not wise

Cannot be wise about nature, without wise of ourself for how we live and love

Use the knowledge well

Wisdom

Begins in self-understanding

What is the way we ought to live?

Philo-sophia love-wisdom != not being wise

Can only love what we lack

Precisely not to be wise

Philosophers vs. Fool: Philosophers knows hes not wise, whereas a fool doesn’t

Longs for wisdom only god is wise complete wisdom are not for human

Learn from Pythagorias

Soul is not human life, paradoxical of life

Hermenedies: Pythagorian cares for the soul (rational, pursue for rational)

Neither gods nor beast Spiritual beings operate between gods and beast

  • not posses wisdom but can have the ability to pursue such wisdom

Socrates

What is X?

  • True of all case
  • Reason why something is an X

ex: Logos what gods love some, not others

Platonic Idea (Form) The idea of X is the form all particular Xs share, and which cause them to be X.

Plato Idea for all Socrates asks More than materialism from Socratic or Platonic is wrong - Idea is not material, not body in space or time - Ordinary experience

Charges for Athenian trials?

Animosity with regards to to his way of being?