After reading the 6 pages on Descartes from the handout, write a paragraph on how Descartes and Modern Philosophy are different than Ancient Greek and Medieval Philosophy. What seems to be Descartes' focus?
Descartes focused on finding truth through math and science. Descartes did not take the assertions of those that came before him for granted. Descartes challenged the views of the "ancients" and chose to question everything. Descartes and his new form of philosophy (rationalism) differed from Ancient Greek and Medieval Philosophy in that reason was now the main guide for knowledge instead of experience, authority, and spiritual revelation.
Descartes differs from ancient philosophy by the way he gets to his ideas. As a frail boy with much time on his hands, Descartes was able to study arithmetic and philosophy to the max.Through these he was able to come to his own philosophy which is known as rationalism, and his followers the Cartesians expanded on his thoughts. Descartes main focus in this reading is his thirst for knowledge, and trying to find out how the soul and body( especially the brain) interact together, and how they work.
Modern philosophy differs from Greek and Medieval philosophy from the philosophers inward turn. You can see this in Descartes, his inward turn is himself, unlike Plato and Aristotle who look to a higher force. Descartes uses rationality and math to find out how things work. Augustine and Aquinas used God to try and explain how things work today.Descartes' main focus is himself which is different from anything else we've seen in Greek and Medieval philosophy.
Descartes was a philosopher of the modern period, and had different views from the philosophers of the medieval and Greek time periods. The major from Descartes was one of himself, he took an inward turn in his philosophy and made it about self reflection. Greek philosophy was about the nature of the mind of soul and its existence, and medieval was about God's connection to that existence. Descartes takes that and develops views that go into depth of man. He is one of the first to study the psychology of humans.
Descartes ideas and the process at which he goes through to expand on his idea cause him to differ from philosophers of the past. Descartes main focus was a max of arithmetic and philosophy. As a result he came up with his own philosophy which is known as rationalism. Descartes, in this reading, focuses on the thirst for knowledge and how the soul and body play a role in human life.
The key difference with modern philosophy and ancient Greek and medieval philosophy lies in the inward turn. Aristotle, Plato, and Augustine all made inward turns in their life. What they saw in those turns is what is different. Each of them saw something they described as bigger than them. Aristotle saw the Unmoved Mover, Plato saw the Forms, and Augustine saw God. Descartes, however saw himself. He focuses on the human consciousness and its importance. This shows the difference between the philosophies as Modern Philosophy deals with humanity and the natural while the other philosophies deal with the supernatural.
Descartes took an inward turn, like Plato and Augustine. However, his inward turn was towards himself, stating "cogito ergo sum," while Plato and Augustine connected their soul to God, believing God was the higher force. Descartes focus was only on himself and used math to understand this. Plato and Augustine used faith and reason to understand things in the world. Descartes is different from Ancient Greek and Medieval Philosophy because of this difference in the inward turn.
The main difference between Modern philosophy and Greek and Medieval philosophy is the inward turn that the philosophers of that time period take. Augustine and Plato, who were a part of Greek and Medieval philosophy, take their inward turn towards God because they believe that he is the high power and the creator of everything. Descartes, who is a part of Modern philosophy, had an inward turn that was focused on himself. He used math to justify the things that he did not understand while Plato and Augustine used faith and reason.
From Descartes we can find that his way of philosophy can be best described as mechanical. Not on the sense of not alive but more on the fact of functioning in certain ways noticed through scientific examination. Although it goes againdt Aristotle's idea of man being natural it points out things that man doesn't control in themselves but is made up of. It also places the actual over what could be aka God or heaven.
Modern philosophy is different from Ancient Greek and Medieval philosophy is the inward turn that philosophers of that time period take.Descartes just like Plato and Augustine, took an inward turn but his inward turn was towards himself while Plato and Augustine connected their souls to God.Descartes main focus was a max of arithmetic and philosophy. With this it lead to the creation of his own philosophy which is known as rationalism. Descartes was the first philosopher to study the psychology of humans.
The philosophical approach that Renee Descartes takes in his works. Descartes focuses on the human being as opposed to Ancient Greek and Medieval philosophers that focused on the human and a higher level of existence. Whether that existence be a religion and deal with God, or an idea such as the Forms. Descartes seeks the human reconciling with itself with many philosophers wanted the human to reconcile with a power other than the power of man. Descartes constantly pursued knowledge and his chief concern he had with all the knowledge he gained was how the different aspects of his being were connected. Descartes would revolutionize philosophy as we know it by beginning to move away from the idea of unity with a force greater than man and focusing on how man can achieve unity within itself.
Form the reading, one can find that Descartes experiences and inward turn.He takes a period of time to examine to himself and his thoughts and in many ways examined a connection with his own soul.The inward turn is seen as more of a connection towards God.Descartes goes in depth with the connection between man good and man.Descartes relies more on math that faith and reason,opposed to Plato and Augustine. The reader gets a concept on what is known s rationalism.This is something new to Greek philosophy.
To start modern philosophy of Descartes can be looked at probably as a combination of medieval and ancient philosophy. Although it is different because modern is up to date with our times so that we wouldn’t have useless information to be trying to follow still. It is also different because modern philosophy was the first to focus more on people than specific objects/religions. The last way it is different is that modern acts as a reflection on lives rather than ancient and medieval which basically tells you how to act.
The inward turn is the main difference between the ancient philosophy's and the modern philosophy's. Descartes focused his philosophy on himself rather than faith or reason, which was the main difference between himself and the older philosophers such as Plato and Augustine. It also more readily focused on how we lived our lives rather than how we should live our lives.
Descartes relied on math and science to find his results. His method of philosophy, rationalism, differed from Ancient Greek and Medieval Philosophy in that reason is the primary source for knowledge. For his method on the inward turn , Descartes relied on himself (self reflection) instead of another realm.
The modern philosophy and ancient Greek and medieval philosophy lies in the inward turn. Aristotle, Plato, and Augustine all made inward turns in their life. What they saw in those turns is what is different. Each of them saw something they described as bigger than them. Aristotle saw the Unmoved Mover, Plato saw the Forms, and Augustine saw God. Descartes, however saw himself. He focuses on the human consciousness and its importance. it goes against Aristotle's idea of man being natural it points out things that man doesn't control in themselves but is made up of.
In the reading, you can see that Descartes experiences an inward turn. He takes time to examine himself and his thoughts and in many ways examined a connection with his own soul. The inward turn is seen as more of a connection towards God. Descartes goes in depth with the connection between God and man.Descartes relies more on math than on faith and reason, opposed to Plato and Augustine. The reader gets a look at the concept of rationalism. This is something new to philosophy.
Descartes was mainly focused on his internal self while other philosophers were mainly focused on outward things such as the explanations of God and of nature and other elements. Descartes dives into himself and into the study of anthropology to learn and make philosophical and scientific conclusions about the human psyche.
Descartes focus point on this was himself. He saw that other philosophers would put most of their focus on outside things like God and the things of God's creation. He also uses faith and reason than other philosophers too. The things that he uses and says are all rational.
Descartes in the first passage is more worried in the idea of his inward turn. He wants to find why he is here. He is different from a lot of philosophers because he has taken a lot of his time just to examine his soul and being. Ancient Greek philosophers focused on more of what is above us. Descartes is focused more on who we are.
Descartes' philosophical ideas were different to ancient Greek and medieval philosophy because he uses ideas that relate to on his inner self. Most philosophical works from ancient Greek and medieval philosophy focus on the outside, physical world and ideas on God. Descartes uses ideas based on science and math rather than religion or experience.
Descartes' ideas were different from Ancient Greek and medieval philosophy because it wasn't based on God. His philosophy wasn't the central theme of matter, form, the divine, and natural world. His theme was more of what's in the present the "Here and Now." His philosophy also featured subjects like math and science, which were subjects that were based on fact instead of guessing. His focus was on himself, Descarte spent time on critiquing on himself.
Descartes focused on finding truth through math and science. Descartes did not take the assertions of those that came before him for granted. Descartes challenged the views of the "ancients" and chose to question everything. Descartes and his new form of philosophy (rationalism) differed from Ancient Greek and Medieval Philosophy in that reason was now the main guide for knowledge instead of experience, authority, and spiritual revelation.
ReplyDeleteDescartes differs from ancient philosophy by the way he gets to his ideas. As a frail boy with much time on his hands, Descartes was able to study arithmetic and philosophy to the max.Through these he was able to come to his own philosophy which is known as rationalism, and his followers the Cartesians expanded on his thoughts. Descartes main focus in this reading is his thirst for knowledge, and trying to find out how the soul and body( especially the brain) interact together, and how they work.
ReplyDeleteModern philosophy differs from Greek and Medieval philosophy from the philosophers inward turn. You can see this in Descartes, his inward turn is himself, unlike Plato and Aristotle who look to a higher force. Descartes uses rationality and math to find out how things work. Augustine and Aquinas used God to try and explain how things work today.Descartes' main focus is himself which is different from anything else we've seen in Greek and Medieval philosophy.
ReplyDeleteDescartes was a philosopher of the modern period, and had different views from the philosophers of the medieval and Greek time periods. The major from Descartes was one of himself, he took an inward turn in his philosophy and made it about self reflection. Greek philosophy was about the nature of the mind of soul and its existence, and medieval was about God's connection to that existence. Descartes takes that and develops views that go into depth of man. He is one of the first to study the psychology of humans.
ReplyDeleteDescartes ideas and the process at which he goes through to expand on his idea cause him to differ from philosophers of the past. Descartes main focus was a max of arithmetic and philosophy. As a result he came up with his own philosophy which is known as rationalism. Descartes, in this reading, focuses on the thirst for knowledge and how the soul and body play a role in human life.
ReplyDeleteThe key difference with modern philosophy and ancient Greek and medieval philosophy lies in the inward turn. Aristotle, Plato, and Augustine all made inward turns in their life. What they saw in those turns is what is different. Each of them saw something they described as bigger than them. Aristotle saw the Unmoved Mover, Plato saw the Forms, and Augustine saw God. Descartes, however saw himself. He focuses on the human consciousness and its importance. This shows the difference between the philosophies as Modern Philosophy deals with humanity and the natural while the other philosophies deal with the supernatural.
ReplyDeleteDescartes took an inward turn, like Plato and Augustine. However, his inward turn was towards himself, stating "cogito ergo sum," while Plato and Augustine connected their soul to God, believing God was the higher force. Descartes focus was only on himself and used math to understand this. Plato and Augustine used faith and reason to understand things in the world. Descartes is different from Ancient Greek and Medieval Philosophy because of this difference in the inward turn.
ReplyDeleteThe main difference between Modern philosophy and Greek and Medieval philosophy is the inward turn that the philosophers of that time period take. Augustine and Plato, who were a part of Greek and Medieval philosophy, take their inward turn towards God because they believe that he is the high power and the creator of everything. Descartes, who is a part of Modern philosophy, had an inward turn that was focused on himself. He used math to justify the things that he did not understand while Plato and Augustine used faith and reason.
ReplyDeleteFrom Descartes we can find that his way of philosophy can be best described as mechanical. Not on the sense of not alive but more on the fact of functioning in certain ways noticed through scientific examination. Although it goes againdt Aristotle's idea of man being natural it points out things that man doesn't control in themselves but is made up of. It also places the actual over what could be aka God or heaven.
ReplyDeleteModern philosophy is different from Ancient Greek and Medieval philosophy is the inward turn that philosophers of that time period take.Descartes just like Plato and Augustine, took an inward turn but his inward turn was towards himself while Plato and Augustine connected their souls to God.Descartes main focus was a max of arithmetic and philosophy. With this it lead to the creation of his own philosophy which is known as rationalism. Descartes was the first philosopher to study the psychology of humans.
ReplyDeleteThe philosophical approach that Renee Descartes takes in his works. Descartes focuses on the human being as opposed to Ancient Greek and Medieval philosophers that focused on the human and a higher level of existence. Whether that existence be a religion and deal with God, or an idea such as the Forms. Descartes seeks the human reconciling with itself with many philosophers wanted the human to reconcile with a power other than the power of man. Descartes constantly pursued knowledge and his chief concern he had with all the knowledge he gained was how the different aspects of his being were connected. Descartes would revolutionize philosophy as we know it by beginning to move away from the idea of unity with a force greater than man and focusing on how man can achieve unity within itself.
ReplyDeleteForm the reading, one can find that Descartes experiences and inward turn.He takes a period of time to examine to himself and his thoughts and in many ways examined a connection with his own soul.The inward turn is seen as more of a connection towards God.Descartes goes in depth with the connection between man good and man.Descartes relies more on math that faith and reason,opposed to Plato and Augustine. The reader gets a concept on what is known s rationalism.This is something new to Greek philosophy.
ReplyDeleteTo start modern philosophy of Descartes can be looked at probably as a combination of medieval and ancient philosophy. Although it is different because modern is up to date with our times so that we wouldn’t have useless information to be trying to follow still. It is also different because modern philosophy was the first to focus more on people than specific objects/religions. The last way it is different is that modern acts as a reflection on lives rather than ancient and medieval which basically tells you how to act.
ReplyDeleteThe inward turn is the main difference between the ancient philosophy's and the modern philosophy's. Descartes focused his philosophy on himself rather than faith or reason, which was the main difference between himself and the older philosophers such as Plato and Augustine. It also more readily focused on how we lived our lives rather than how we should live our lives.
ReplyDeleteDescartes relied on math and science to find his results. His method of philosophy, rationalism, differed from Ancient Greek and Medieval Philosophy in that reason is the primary source for knowledge. For his method on the inward turn , Descartes relied on himself (self reflection) instead of another realm.
ReplyDeleteThe modern philosophy and ancient Greek and medieval philosophy lies in the inward turn. Aristotle, Plato, and Augustine all made inward turns in their life. What they saw in those turns is what is different. Each of them saw something they described as bigger than them. Aristotle saw the Unmoved Mover, Plato saw the Forms, and Augustine saw God. Descartes, however saw himself. He focuses on the human consciousness and its importance. it goes against Aristotle's idea of man being natural it points out things that man doesn't control in themselves but is made up of.
ReplyDeleteIn the reading, you can see that Descartes experiences an inward turn. He takes time to examine himself and his thoughts and in many ways examined a connection with his own soul. The inward turn is seen as more of a connection towards God. Descartes goes in depth with the connection between God and man.Descartes relies more on math than on faith and reason, opposed to Plato and Augustine. The reader gets a look at the concept of rationalism. This is something new to philosophy.
ReplyDeleteDescartes was mainly focused on his internal self while other philosophers were mainly focused on outward things such as the explanations of God and of nature and other elements. Descartes dives into himself and into the study of anthropology to learn and make philosophical and scientific conclusions about the human psyche.
ReplyDeleteDescartes focus point on this was himself. He saw that other philosophers would put most of their focus on outside things like God and the things of God's creation. He also uses faith and reason than other philosophers too. The things that he uses and says are all rational.
ReplyDeleteDescartes in the first passage is more worried in the idea of his inward turn. He wants to find why he is here. He is different from a lot of philosophers because he has taken a lot of his time just to examine his soul and being. Ancient Greek philosophers focused on more of what is above us. Descartes is focused more on who we are.
ReplyDeleteDescartes' philosophical ideas were different to ancient Greek and medieval philosophy because he uses ideas that relate to on his inner self. Most philosophical works from ancient Greek and medieval philosophy focus on the outside, physical world and ideas on God. Descartes uses ideas based on science and math rather than religion or experience.
ReplyDeleteDescartes' ideas were different from Ancient Greek and medieval philosophy because it wasn't based on God. His philosophy wasn't the central theme of matter, form, the divine, and natural world. His theme was more of what's in the present the "Here and Now." His philosophy also featured subjects like math and science, which were subjects that were based on fact instead of guessing. His focus was on himself, Descarte spent time on critiquing on himself.
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