Aristotle and beyond

African, Aztec, Native American Philosophy

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PW 40-49
1. What was Aristotle's view of virtue? How did it differ from Plato's? How many worlds did Aristotle affirm?How did he characterize Plato's Forms?


2. Why have scientists viewed Aristotle ambivalently? What did he mean by "teleology," "prime mover", and "eudaimonia"?


3. Seneca's suicide, at Nero's insistence, illustrates the importance of what Stoic value?

4. Epicurus had an undeserved reputation as what? What did he really believe in? What does "epicurean" mean now?

5. The Stoics regarded emotions as what kind of  judgment? What view did they share with the Buddhists? What was their philosophical ideal?

6. Pyrrho and Sextus Empiricus were skeptics who argued that belief of any kind, ________ (including, excluding) belief in reason, is illusory and unjustifiable.Why did they "believe" this?

7.Who were the tlamatinime? Why don't we know more about them? Why don't we know more about the indigenous philosophies of North America and Africa? 


8. How does "tribalism" differ from the dominant perspective of the contemporary western world? What is a person, in the tribal perspective? How (on that view) do we relate to nature?


9. Why did Mayans and other Meso-Americans practice human sacrifice? 


10. What was the function of the "jokester" in Meso-American philosophy?