philosophy

• science that studies BEINGS in their ultimate causes, reasons, and principles through the aid of human reason alone 


  Philosoply
• which two greek words does philosophy come from

  Philia and Sophia
• what does the greek word Philia mean

  love
• what does the greek word Sophia mean

  wisdom
• what means love for wisdom

  Philosophy
• all things that exist-material/immaterial

  Being
• what are the branches of philosophy

  Metaphysics, Epistemology, Logic, and Ethics
• the foundation of philosophy studying things beyond what is physical: concepts or things that cannot be experienced

  metaphysics
• what two greeks word are used in metaphysics


  meta and physika
• beyond/after 


  meta
• physical or natural 


  physika
• the study of the nature and scope of knowledge and justified belief

  epistemology
• what two greek words are in epistemology

  episte- knowledge and ology -the study
• what are the branches of metaphysics

  general metaphysics and special metaphysics
• (ontology)- studies the first principle or essence of all things

  general metaphysics
• what are the the points under special metaphysics

  cosmology, psychology, and theodicy
• studies the universe

  cosmology
• study of the soul/mind or human person as a whole

  psychology
• study of God and the justification of goodness in the world

  theodiciy
• the study of reasoning or the study of principles and criteria of valid inference from hard reasoning

  Logic
• word, thought, idea, argument, accounting reason, or principle

  logos
• the discipline concerned with what is morally goo and bad and morally right and wrong. The term is also applied to any system or theory of moral values or principles

  Ethics
• custom or habit

  ethos
• are the beliefs of the individual or group as to what is right or wrong

  morals-morality
• are the guiding principles which help the individual or group to decide what is good or bad

  ethics
• means agreement and promise

  covenant
• is the promised land

  Israel
• the type of law that God passed down

  Divine
• the first law that teaches the order of things

  eternal
• what are the four laws that come from the five books

  eternal, divine, natural, and human
• first five books of the bible

  genesis, exodus, levitcus, numbers, denieronomy
• theocentric - hebre moral philosophy

  god centered
• anthropocentric- greek moral philosophy

  human centered
• focuses on loving God and listening to Him and focused on how people ought to live

  jesus moral philosophy
• lived in relationship with God and not the social norms-reflecting and emulating God's character

  best life- according to jesus moral philosophy
• cura propia

  self care
• taking care of the whole person

  cura personalis
• jesus developed an effective framework for

  critical thinking and moral behavior
• love whether or not love is returned

  Jesus' ethical system
• normative theory that the promotion of one's own good is in accordance with morality

  ethical egoism