ILS Midterm 2

Blepyrus

Aristophanes, Assemblywomen Praxagora's elderly husband, who provides comic relief and eventual support to the scheme

Egalitarian

Aristophanes, Assemblywomen, all are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities

Praxoagoras

Aristophanes, Assemblywomen, leading women figure, petitioning for government overthrow

Praxis

Aristophanes, Assemblywomen, practical

Yonic

Aristophanes, Assemblywomen, shield symbol of a vagina

Scatology

Aristophanes, Assemblywomen, the study of poop

Xanthias

Aristophanes, Frogs, Dionysus' slave

Euripides

Aristophanes, Frogs, Greek playwright who Dionysus is trying to bring back from Hades

Aecus

Aristophanes, Frogs, answers the door for Dionysus at Pluto's home in Hades

Andreia

Aristophanes, Frogs, courage or manliness

Glory (kleos)

Aristophanes, Frogs, glory based on what others have heard about you

Bacchus

Aristophanes, Frogs, god of wine, Bacchus is Roman name

Aeschylus

Aristophanes, Frogs, leaves Hades with Dionysus, the poet that wins the competition

"reason dances"

Aristophanes, Frogs, like a rap battle between Aeschylus and Euripides, using reason and discourse to resolve conflicts

Mnemonic

Aristophanes, Frogs, of memory, or relating to memory

Agon

Aristophanes, Frogs, play championships Aristophanes took part in

Cerberus

Aristophanes, Frogs, the 3-headed dog that Hercules had to kidnap that guards the gate of Hades

Pluto

Aristophanes, Frogs, the ruler of the underworld, Greek name is Hades

Hades

Aristophanes, Frogs, the underworld/hell (in this case)

Dionysus

Aristophanes, Frogs,/ also Greek god of wine and drunkenness

eudaimonia

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, "good demons", happiness in Greek

4 causes to explain why something exists

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, 1. Material 2. Efficient 3. Formal 4. Final (telos, most important to Aristotle)

Lyceum

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Aristotle's school

Telos

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, studying objects/people for their end purpose

Practical wisdom

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, the knowledge of how to live well

Doctrine of the Mean

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, the mean between deficiency and excess of certain behaviors

Teleology

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, the study of things according to their ends or purpose served rather than the cause

moral virtue

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, there are moral virtues and intellectual virtues

discordant

Plato, Crito, lacking harmony or agreement

Constitution

Plato, Crito, laws that guide a form of government

doxa

Plato, Crito, means "opinion"

Hoi polloi

Plato, Crito, means "the many"

Phuego

Plato, Crito, means "to flee"

Thessaly

Plato, Crito, place in Greece (basically Bulgaria), Crito offers Socrates to escape and go there

The "ontological self"

Plato, Crito, the meaning of one's self, people are friends, children, etc

the "ontic" self

Plato, Crito, the physical self - water and carbon

eristics

Plato, Republic, The art or practice of successfully disputing another argument, rather than look for the truth The Republic

Relativism

Plato, Republic, The idea that what is considered unjust is a matter of opinion All accounts of justice are relative to the place and time that they occur All accounts of justice are bound up in opinion

Exegesis

Plato, Republic, The process used by scholars to critically analyze a text

Thrasos

Plato, Republic, boldness, rashness

Stephanus numbers

Plato, Republic, describes the corresponding page and section of the relevant volume of the Greek text as edited by the French scholar, Henri Estienne (which in Latin is Stephanus).

Dike - justice

Plato, Republic, justice

Tyrant's roof

Plato, Republic, living under the tyrant's roof is how you have the possibility of becoming a philosopher

philodoxer

Plato, Republic, lover of opinion

Res Publica

Plato, Republic, means Republic, one of the original names of the Republic

Polemarch

Plato, Republic, means battle leader/war leader

Kephale

Plato, Republic, means head in Greek

Psyche

Plato, Republic, mind/soul

Glaucon

Plato, Republic, name pertains to vision, the Republic is sometimes called the Education of Glaucon

Chthonic

Plato, Republic, of or pertaining to the deities, spirits, and other beings dwelling under the earth

To opine (dokein)

Plato, Republic, opinion/to give opinion

thauma

Plato, Republic, puppet/toy, also means wondrous thing, also slang for female genital

ecthroi and polemioi

Plato, Republic, rivals within the city and enemies outside the city

thumos

Plato, Republic, spirit, one of the parts of the tripartite soul

729 times happier

Plato, Republic, the Philosopher is 729 times happier than he/she who has not seen the light outside the cave

dialectics

Plato, Republic, the art of investigating or discussing the truth of opinions

"divine spark"

Plato, Republic, the beginning of just individuals, they who can reason properly

ontology

Plato, Republic, the branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of being

epistemology

Plato, Republic, the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge

thaumatopoios

Plato, Republic, the maker of wonders, puppeteers

"eternal drunk"

Plato, Republic, the prize of someone who is always just is an afterlife of eternal drunkenness

psychopathology

Plato, Republic, the scientific study of mental disorders

Politeia

Plato, Republic, title of book (Republic) in Greek constitution or regime

Unconcealment

Plato, Republic, truth as disclosure of information

"3 waves"

Plato, the Republic, 1. Equality of the Sexes, 2. No private property, 3. Philosopher King

City of Pigs

Plato, the Republic, a city that focuses on physical attributes

moral turpitude

Plato, the Republic, an act of corruption, vileness, or moral depravity; a disgraceful action or deed.

Techne

Plato, the Republic, art

glaucus

Plato, the Republic, can't see well

Myth of the Metals

Plato, the Republic, class structure of society is reinforced by the creation story that suggests that while all individuals are created from the earth, they can be composed of different metals; Gold - Guardians; Silver - Auxiliaries; Bronze - Craftspeople

Agathon

Plato, the Republic, good, supreme/highest good.

Kaleidoscopic Man

Plato, the Republic, in a democratic soul, a man with a wide variety of desires

Oligarchy

Plato, the Republic, in love with wealth, appetitive, third tier of society

Mimesis

Plato, the Republic, learning through imitation

timocracy

Plato, the Republic, living for honor, Sparta, second highest tier of society

Mortal Currency

Plato, the Republic, money opposed to rationality

Philosopher's Courage

Plato, the Republic, philosophers don't flee in the face of questioning

Tyranny

Plato, the Republic, ruled by horrid appetites, in love with power and war, fifth tier of society

Democracy

Plato, the Republic, ruled by unnecessary appetites, fourth tier of society

Polemarchus

Plato, the Republic, son of Cephalus, war leader, and definition of justice is be friendly to friends and not to enemies

Thrasymachus

Plato, the Republic, the Sophist who presents the view that justice is the advantage of the stronger, and that immorality will bring happiness.

City in Fever

Plato, the Republic, the combination of the healthy city and the city of pigs, when the appetitive souls control

Cephalus

Plato, the Republic, the old man in the Republic whose definition of justice is pay your debts and tell the truth.

Piraeus

Plato, the Republic, the port of Athens and the setting of the Republic

Divine currency

Plato, the Republic, what is actually important, like reason vs. money

Lingering death

Plato, the Republic, when one is so busy putting off death, they forget to engage in the business of life (justice)

Aristocracy

Plato, the Republic,"Highest tier" of society, all parts of the soul balanced

okia

aristophanes, assemblywomen, household in greek

miasma

plato, crito, pollution

phinos

plato, the republic, an epiphany, "turning on" the mind's eye

Epithumia

plato, the republic, appetitive part of soul

trangress

plato, the republic, latin word for stepping over a line

peras

plato, the republic, limited, finite

Ademantus

plato, the republic, one of plato's younger brothers the other is glaucon

Logistikon

plato, the republic, rational part of soul

Epistemic democracy

plato, the republic, where everyone is considered smart, and therefore the group decision is correct