UNIT 2

• Pythagoras


  coined the term Philosophy
• Socrates


  Regarded as a true philosopher—true lover of wisdom
• Socratic dialogue


  A form of dialectics. Socrates’ method of asking questions, providing an answer, and asking further questions.
• Thesis


  One’s prevailing idea or situation. The current perception of the world and all its aspects that affect us. A proposition that claims to be true.
• Antithesis


  The idea that opposes the thesis. The problems we encounter in the situations we find ourselves in.
• Synthesis


  The product of struggle between the thesis and antithesis.
• Introspection 


  examination of oneself through the analysis of the meaning of one’s life
• Existentialism 


  a 20t​h​ century school of thought that focused on individual existence.
• Jean-Paul Sartre


  Proponent of Existentialism. He referred to essence as a meaning or purpose
• Authenticity 


  The virtue of being true to oneself, to your own desires and character.