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Classical Greek philosophy: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
In about three centuries, Greek thinkers moved from asking what the world is made of to building whole systems of knowledge, reality and the good life. Socrates, Plato and Aristotle stand at the centre, with the schools that grew up after them.
In this topic
- Roots and borrowings
- The Presocratics
- Socrates
- Plato and the theory of Forms
- Worked example: the argument from imperfection
- The cave and the just soul
- Aristotle: forms in things
- Worked example: the four causes of a clay jug
- Aristotle on the good life
- After Aristotle: the later schools
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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