mjrpes3
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Anyone a philosophy expert?
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas would concur that:
E. certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason
Plato would certainly agree with this, since he was an "idealist" who believed ideas have their own separate existence outside our world. Aquinas (although taking ideas from Aristotle) would agree also, since these truths come from God, who is obviously permanent. Socrates we can't really say, since Plato spoke for him, but we'll just group him with Plato like a lot of other people do.
Aristotle, however, does not agree with Plato's idealism. Ideas must exist through matter to exist at all; ideas can't just exist by themselves. Aristotle did not see all moral and political "truths" as permanent; he realized that ideas of beauty could change for the next generation, likewise with moral or political "truths". Would Aristotle say there were any permanent moral or political truths? I dunno.
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas would concur that:
E. certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason
Plato would certainly agree with this, since he was an "idealist" who believed ideas have their own separate existence outside our world. Aquinas (although taking ideas from Aristotle) would agree also, since these truths come from God, who is obviously permanent. Socrates we can't really say, since Plato spoke for him, but we'll just group him with Plato like a lot of other people do.
Aristotle, however, does not agree with Plato's idealism. Ideas must exist through matter to exist at all; ideas can't just exist by themselves. Aristotle did not see all moral and political "truths" as permanent; he realized that ideas of beauty could change for the next generation, likewise with moral or political "truths". Would Aristotle say there were any permanent moral or political truths? I dunno.
