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what are the four great questions in philosophy?
what is (most) real?
how can we know what is (most) real?
Who are we, who want to know the real?
what should we be, how should we live, to be more real?
the basis of the four great questions lie in ______
wisdom
definition: philosophy
the love of wisdom
what 4 things are the four great questions about?
being, truth, self, and goodness
what are the 4 divisions of philosophy?
metaphysics, epistemology, philosophical anthropology, and ethics
everything in philosophy is relative to __________
metaphysics - always questioning the beyond
if we are wise, we…..
never grow up - meaning that we never stop questioning the world around us
around adolescence, we become _______
critical - we want to to know how we can know (become epistemologists)
the most interesting question of metaphysics is about ________ _______
ultimate reality
the most interesting question of epistemology is about….
knowing the ultimate reality
the logical order of questions is…
we must first know something real before we can know how we know it; and we must know who we are before we can know what is good for us
what happens if someone is a slave to their intellect or passions?
this leads to bad decision-making, which can harm the person and/or others (become blind)
accounts given to explain the universe took the form of ____ and ______
myth, legend
what types of questions does metaphysics explore?
questions on being
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