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Ergon

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function

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Telos

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aim, goal

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Teleology

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theory explained in terms of ends or goals

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Eudimonoia

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happiness, flourishing, well being, success

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The Function Argument

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human function is using logic and reason

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Aristotle’s thoughts on virtue

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all are born with the potential for virtue
even virtuous people can be unhappy
being virtuous is the golden mean
moral virtue comes from habit

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Dates of Aristotle

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385-322 BCE

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Who is Aristotle

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a student of plato
founded the lyceum
followers are called the peripatetics
Macedonian
tutor to Alexander the Great

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Aristotle Parts of the Soul

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vegetative
sensitive
rational

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Nicomachean Ethics

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the goal of human life is eudimonia
virtue is excellence of the human soul
to live virtuously we must have knowledge and good habits

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Dates of Epicurious

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341-270 BCE

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Epicurean Metaphysics

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materialism and atomism

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Epicurean Epistemology

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radical empiricism

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Epicurean Physics

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atoms are uncuttable, all objects are composed of atoms, atoms are eternal

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Epicurian Telos

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the human good is pleasure not virtue, hedonism must be the human telos, you must plan ahead to truly have a life of pleasure

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Kinetic Pleasure

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an acute pleasant sensation, comes and goes, not sustainable

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Static Pleasure

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absence of pain, especially mental pain, sustainable

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Ataraxia

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tranquility, the greatest pleasure for Epicureans, seek avoidance of anxiety and pain

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Epicurian Life

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live simply, avoid pain, be kind, make friends, live in a supportive community

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The Fourfold Medicine

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Do not fear gods
Death is nothing to us
The good is easy to find
The bad is easy to bear

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Lucretius

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an Epicurean that believed in the gods but didn’t think they actually had a say in the world we live in and people suffer from that, the wise man neither rejects life or fears death, we did not exist before we were born and do not exist after death

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Stoic Metaphysics

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everything is ruled by fate/God, virtue alone makes life good, our happiness is up to us, we control our actions, thoughts, and beliefs

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Diogenes the Cynic

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the first cynic, told Alexander the Great “you are blocking my sunlight”, lived in a barrel on the street

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Epictetus

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a greek stoic philosopher that lived in Rome until he was banished and he went back to Grece

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Seneca
stoic philosopher, teacher to emperor Nero, wrote about how we have long lives but we waste our time and should live in the present
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Marcus Aurelius
roman emperor and stoic, the last of the 5 good emperors, wrote Meditations, brought the fall of the 5 good
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Alexander the Great
the Egyptian pharaoh seduced his mother, he wanted to be seen in the same light as Achilles, regarded as the son of Ammon, many things about him are fictional, died in Babylon, wrestles with his mortality and human limitations
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Alexander the Great Dates
356-323 BCE
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Kosmokrator
one who rules the world, a prosperous globalist
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arrogates
claims without justification
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impunity
exemption from punishment
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Benefits and Costs to an Empire
multiculturalism, culture exchange, colonialism, cultural apropriation
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Hellenic
Greek
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Hellenistic
Greek like
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Syncretism
fusion of gods across religions
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Common Peace
each Greek state should live together in peace
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Hegemony
political domination over other greek states
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Philips Greek Advances
increased military size made uniforms and take and oath of fidelity loyalty to the monarchy builds a culture capital in Pella invites people to teach Alexander
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What Made Alexander Great
military genius, diplomatic skills, spreading Greek culture
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Proskinesis
falling on your knees before a king
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Hieros Gamos
a god has sexual relations with a mortal woman
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Satraps
the governor of an province in ancient Persia
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Aeneas
the embodiment of roman history and virtue, Ascanius is his son, Anchises is his father, teaches patience and piety
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Pietas
duty to something greater
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Katabasis
Going down to the underworld, an interlude, happens at the halfway point, info gotten in the underworld highlights things before/after the narrative
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Demosthenes
an opponent of Philip, wrote the "philippics" an invictive or denunciation
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Isocrates
a supporter of Philip, wrote panegyric or praise poetry about Philip
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The Aeneid
created as Roman propaganda, large Greek influence, an attempt to make the Roman Republic great again
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How does Juno try to stop Aeneas
Bad weather Pasion for Dido Anger/wrath
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Furor
wrath/rage
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Books 1-6 of the Aeneid
the Odyssean half, Aeneas wanders, detained by a love interest
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Books 7-12 of the Aeneid
the Illiadic half, Aeneas is absent from war like Achilles n
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Turnus
the rival of Aeneas, killed in a duel with Aeneas
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Aeneas's shield
depicts key events which links Aeneas's destiny to Rome's fate
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Aristotle's Types of Friendship
utility/transactional pleasure true/complete
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Natural Order
following a story's natural sequence
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Artificial Order
starting en medias res
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Roman Republic Scapegoat
the Greeks
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Roman Empire Scapegoat
Christianity
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Classical Era
500-323 BCE
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Dates of Socrates
460-399 BCE
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Roman Monarchy
753-509 BCE
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Roman Republic
509-31 BCE
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Punic Wars
Carthage vs Rome 264-146 BCE
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The Battle of Actium
31 BCE, Augustus/Octavian Cesar comes to power as the first Emperor
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Pax Romana
27 BCE-180 CE
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Great Fire of Rome
64 CE, Nero persecutes the christians and blames them for the fire
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Destruction of the Second Temple
70 CE
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Decian Persecution
250 CE
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Roman Tetrarchy
293-305 CE
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Diocletian Persecution
303 CE
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Battle of the Milvian Bridge
312 CE
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Edict of Milan
313 CE, Emperor Constantine provides tolerance for Christianity
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Council of Nicea/Nicean Creed
325 CE
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Edict of Thessalonica
380 CE makes Christianity the official religion of the roman empire
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Sack of Rome
410 CE
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Fall of Rome in the West
476 CE
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Byzantine Empire
330-1453
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Life of Muhammad
570-632 CE
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Beginning of Islam
622 CE
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Conception of John the Baptist
Zachariah and Elizabeth are old, Gabriel tells them they will have a child, Zachariah doesn't believe him so Gabriel makes him mute until the child is born
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Infancy of Jesus
Gabriel tells Mary she will have a child, She travels to Bethlehem and gives birth, shepherds come to see baby Jesus, when he is very young he knows God is his father
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Theophilus
the God lover Luke and Acts is dedicated to,
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Pentecost
when the Holy Spirit came to the apostles and allowed them to speak different languages, marks the birth of the church
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Stephen
a leader who became the first martyr after being stoned to death because he thought he saw heaven
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Paul
friend of Luke, go on journeys together
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Arianism
doctrine that Jesus was created by God but is not part of God, condemned at the council of Nicea,
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Homoousios
of the same substance
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The 5 Good Emperors
Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius Pius, Marcus Aurelius cooperated with the senate known tolerance and diplomacy succession by virtue not blood
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Nero
crucified and killed Peter committed suicide after a coup happened left the empire in chaos
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Tiberius
Julius Caesar, the Epstein of the Roman Empire
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Trajan
the largest the empire ever gets
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Decius
builds unity and loyalty in Rome, Christianity is scapegoated for the fall, 2nd persecution
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Diocletian
last most severe persecution, establishes the dominate and tetrarchy
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Constantine
the edict of milan, forms Constantinople, was part of the tetrarchy
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Muhammad
prophet and founder of Islam
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City of Man
built on self love, seek earthly pleasure, empires like Rome
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City of God
built on love for God, seeks eternal peace, a place of peace, harmony, and the presence of God, inspired by the invasion of the Visigoths
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Mecca
the birthplace of islam, where Muhammad had his first revelations
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Psychomania
struggle within the soul
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Hagiography
biography of a saint
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Errare
to wander, stray from the right path
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resignification
taking a symbol with one meaning and twisting it, Vergil resignifies the Iliad and Odyssey into the Aeneid, Augustine resignifies the Aeneid into the Confessions
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Ordo Amoris
order of love, what should we love most
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Caritas
rightly ordered love
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Cupiditas
disordered love
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Utor et Fruor
I use and I enjoy
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Pillars of Islam
no god by Allah 5x a day prayer Ramadan Almsgiving Pilgrimage
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Shia
leaders should come through prophet bloodline
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Sunni
leaders should be chosen through community consensus
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Emperor Aurelian
keeps the empire stable after a series of military attacks
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Brutus
founder of the roman republic
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Tolle Lege
pick up and read
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Achievements of Justinian
conquers the lost provinces, brings together scholars to create church law, creates the Hagia Sophia church, closed the platonic academy in athens
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