COGNITIVE DISSONANTICS

Socrates never wrote any texts—his ideas are known through his student Plato. Influence without paperwork.

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Socrates (c. 470–399 BCE) is mainly known via Plato’s dialogues and other contemporaries like Xenophon. This creates the “Socratic problem”: distinguishing Socrates’ views from Plato’s.

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Ethics can be divided into deontology, utilitarianism, and virtue ethics. Pick your moral framework carefully.“Cogito” is Latin for “I’m spiraling, but make it intellectual.”“The Self” is considered complex because it won’t stop changing its mind.Ontology asks: What exists? Epistemology asks: How do we know? Two big questions, zero shortcuts.The word “ontology” was invented so people could overthink existence professionally.A dilemma presents two or more equally undesirable choices. Philosophy’s version of “pick your poison.”See all Cognitive Dissonantics facts →

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Socrates never wrote any texts—his ideas are known through his student Plato. Influence without paperwork. | SmartAss Facts