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The School of Athens
1 Zizek
2 Socrates
3 Nussbaum
4 Plato
5 Aristotle
6 Plotinus
7 Arendt
8 Parmenides
9 Pythagoras
10 Heraclitus
11 Diogenes
12 Zoroaster
13 Singer
14 Raphael
15 Thales
2 Socrates
3 Nussbaum
4 Plato
5 Aristotle
6 Plotinus
7 Arendt
8 Parmenides
9 Pythagoras
10 Heraclitus
11 Diogenes
12 Zoroaster
13 Singer
14 Raphael
15 Thales
#1: Žižek
Žižek criticizes ethical consumerism: the idea that you can do 'good' by buying products (e.g. coffee).
Learn more: http://awestruckwanderer.wordpress.com/2014/08/16/sta
Žižek criticizes ethical consumerism: the idea that you can do 'good' by buying products (e.g. coffee).
Learn more: http://awestruckwanderer.wordpress.com/2014/08/16/sta
#2: Socrates
Socrates demonstrated that a good philosopher continues to ask questions and is open to debating her/his ideas.
Learn more: https://philosophybites.com/2008/08/mm-mccabe-on-so.html
Socrates demonstrated that a good philosopher continues to ask questions and is open to debating her/his ideas.
Learn more: https://philosophybites.com/2008/08/mm-mccabe-on-so.html
#3: Nussbaum
Nussbaum critiques technical approaches to ethics and calls for more nuance, feelings and less theory.
Learn more: @PhilosophyNow https://philosophynow.org/issues/13/Loves_Knowledge
Nussbaum critiques technical approaches to ethics and calls for more nuance, feelings and less theory.
Learn more: @PhilosophyNow https://philosophynow.org/issues/13/Loves_Knowledge
#4: Plato
Plato identified four cardinal virtues, character traits that relate to the good life: wisdom, courage, moderation and justice.
Learn more: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato-ethics/
Plato identified four cardinal virtues, character traits that relate to the good life: wisdom, courage, moderation and justice.
Learn more: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato-ethics/
#5: Aristotle
Aristotle maintained that we should act in the way a virtuous, well-reasoning person would act in our situation.
Learn more: https://www.iep.utm.edu/virtue/
Aristotle maintained that we should act in the way a virtuous, well-reasoning person would act in our situation.
Learn more: https://www.iep.utm.edu/virtue/
#6: Plotinus
Plotinus' ethics is about enhancing the identification with the 'higher' part of the soul.
Learn more: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plotinus/#3
Plotinus' ethics is about enhancing the identification with the 'higher' part of the soul.
Learn more: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plotinus/#3
#7: Arendt
Arendt considers the 'absence of thinking' an important 'antecedent' of evil.
Learn more: @aeonmag https://aeon.co/ideas/what-did-hannah-arendt-really-mean-by-the-banality-of-evil
Arendt considers the 'absence of thinking' an important 'antecedent' of evil.
Learn more: @aeonmag https://aeon.co/ideas/what-did-hannah-arendt-really-mean-by-the-banality-of-evil
#8: Parmenides
Parmenides stated that 'something' cannot come from 'nothing'.
Learn more: https://www.philosophybasics.com/philosophers_parmenides.html
Parmenides stated that 'something' cannot come from 'nothing'.
Learn more: https://www.philosophybasics.com/philosophers_parmenides.html
#9: Pythagoras
Pythagoras was not only concerned with mathematics, but also with religion and music.
Learn more: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pythagoras/
Pythagoras was not only concerned with mathematics, but also with religion and music.
Learn more: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pythagoras/
#10: Heraclitus
Heraclitus stated that 'everything flows': things in this world continuously change.
Learn more: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/heraclitus/
Heraclitus stated that 'everything flows': things in this world continuously change.
Learn more: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/heraclitus/
#11: Diogenes
Diogenes was a cynic philosopher who advocated a 'simple life' in accordance with nature and reason.
Learn more: https://www.iep.utm.edu/diogsino/
Diogenes was a cynic philosopher who advocated a 'simple life' in accordance with nature and reason.
Learn more: https://www.iep.utm.edu/diogsino/
#12: Zoroaster
Zoroaster viewed life as a struggle between truth and lies; human beings should reject the latter.
Learn more: http://tenets.zoroastrianism.com/deen33i.html
Zoroaster viewed life as a struggle between truth and lies; human beings should reject the latter.
Learn more: http://tenets.zoroastrianism.com/deen33i.html
#13: Singer
Singer poses that we ought to reduce poverty if we have the means to do so, in the most effective way. He's depicted here holding a life saver.
Learn more: https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_singer_the_why_and_how_of_effective_altruism
Singer poses that we ought to reduce poverty if we have the means to do so, in the most effective way. He's depicted here holding a life saver.
Learn more: https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_singer_the_why_and_how_of_effective_altruism
#14: Raphael
Raphael, the painter of the original School of Athens, put himself in it as well. Some think Heraclitus (#10) is modelled after his "colleague" Michelangelo.
Learn more: http://m.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani-mobile/en/collezioni/musei/stanze-di-raffaello/stanza-della-segnatura/stanza-della-segnatura.html
Raphael, the painter of the original School of Athens, put himself in it as well. Some think Heraclitus (#10) is modelled after his "colleague" Michelangelo.
Learn more: http://m.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani-mobile/en/collezioni/musei/stanze-di-raffaello/stanza-della-segnatura/stanza-della-segnatura.html
#15: Thales
Thales was the first known person to use natural (not supernatural) explanations for natural phenomena.
Learn more: http://www.philosophers.co.uk/thales-of-miletus.html
Thales was the first known person to use natural (not supernatural) explanations for natural phenomena.
Learn more: http://www.philosophers.co.uk/thales-of-miletus.html
