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Classical Philosophers Timeline

By Leomher Lagonoy
  • 469 BCE

    Socrates (469-399 BC)

    Socrates (469-399 BC)
    ✓Also known as "The Father of Philosophy"
    ✓"No one commits an evil act knowingly and doing wrong arises out of ignorance."
    ✓He equated knowledge with virtue, which ultimately leads to ethical conduct. He believed that the only life worth living was one that was rigorously examined.
    ✓He looked for principles and actions that were worth living by, creating an ethical base upon which decisions should be made.
  • 428 BCE

    Plato (428-348 BC)

    Plato (428-348 BC)
    ✓He was a Athenian Philosophers during the classical period in ancient Greece.
    ✓According to Seneca, Plato died at the age of 81 on the same day he was born.
    ✓"Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in other."
    ✓ It is only by being virtuous that we can hope to be happy.
    ✓Plato, ethics comes down to two basic things: eudaimonia and arete. Eudaimonia, or "well being," is the virtue that Plato teaches we must all aim toward.
  • 384 BCE

    Aristotle (384-322 BC)

    Aristotle (384-322 BC)
    ✓Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece.
    ✓Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy, and the Aristotelian tradition. (Wikipedia)
    ✓Aristotle argued that virtues are good habits that we acquire, which regulate our emotions.

    ✓Aristotle’s “The Golden Mean Principle” states that to be happy, live a life of
    moderation. In everything that we do, we must avoid extremes (Roa, 2007).

  • Utilitarianism

    Utilitarianism
    ✓tradition stemming from the late 18th- and 19th-century English philosophers and economists Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill according to which an action (or type of action).
    ✓Good- produce happiness.
    ✓Bad-if it harm or give pain.
    ✓ “Do whatever produces the greatest good for the greatest number.”
    ✓For example, if you are choosing ice cream for yourself, the utilitarian view is that you should choose the flavor that will give you the most pleasure.

  • Moral Positivism (Thomas Hobbes 1588-1679)

    Moral Positivism (Thomas Hobbes 1588-1679)
    ✓It is the theory that claims there is no natural law, and therefore no natural right. All human rights, it holds, are derived from the state, from contracts, from each person's freedom, or from custom.
    ✓He believes that human beings are basically selfish creatures who would do anything to improve their position.
    ✓ Ex: Businesses must:
    1.follow laws and government regulations.
    2.create company policies to maintain discipline.
    3.promote the common good and the interest of the majority.