PLATO

• What is horaton?


  world of the shadows.
• what is metempsychosis


  reincarnation. when you die physically, your soul turns into another body
• what is anamnesis?


  Recollection of the souls knowledge throughout a persons life/Remembering what you already know
• what is eikasia?

  illusion
• what is noeton?

  world of the form
• what is tripartite? 


  Theory of the soul.

  1. Rational aspect ( charioteer) reason
  2. Spiritual aspect (will/drive/emotion)
  3. appetitive aspect (bodily desire)
• "The body is the source of endless trouble"_ Plato
• What are the strengths?

  • Inherent knowledge (maths)
  • Comforting (purpose, etc)
  • Relationship between body and soul is logical
  • This world does seem to inhibit knowledge
• What are weaknesses?

  • unfounded- no physical/ little evidence
  • undermines effort (elitist)
  • assumes an afterlife
  • idealistic ( a priori knowledge)
• what is platos view on the body?


  it was changing, unintelligible and mortal.
• what is platos view on the soul?


  it was unchangeable, immortal and split into 3 parts: rational, spiritual and appetitve