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Branches of philosophy

Berkeley, Epicurus, and Plato

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Plato -RATIONALIST -world of the Forms, unchanging universal ideas of nessnesses, difficult to know them -physical objects are imperfect, finite instances of the Form of a chair -it is difficult to access the Forms -the Form of x includes this or that good -to this or that good, we need the Form of good -true knowledge is access to the forms -the Forms are the eternal and unchanging reality beneath the constant flux of life -physical world exists but is a shadow of what is real, the Forms exist in an intelligible realm -Error comes from thinking that we have access to truth -physical objects share in and resemble reality but are not identical with it, Forms are more real than tangible objects

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SAT Writing???? ???SAT??????? 1. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below: (2005.3) We must seriously question the idea of majority rule. The majority grinned and jeered when Columbus said the world was round. The majority threw him into a dungeon for his discoveries. Where is the logic in the notion that the opinion held by a majority of people should have the power to influence our decisions? Adapted from James A. Reed, ?Majority Rule? Assignment: Is the opinion of the majority?in government or in any other circumstances?a poor guide? Plan
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