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Final Questions on Metaphysics to Consider
- Why does Thales believe that water is the most basic reality?
- The Pre-Socratics were wrong in their various metaphysical explanations. Yet they are considered to have contributed significantly to the history of philosophy and metaphysics. How could they have contributed if they were wrong?
- What inspired Kanad and his atomistic understanding of reality?
- What does the Sun represent within Plato’s Allegory of the Cave?
- How does Aristotle connect the acorn and the oak? What do they share?
This chapter is an adaptation of The Originals: Classic Readings in Western Philosophy (on BC Campus) by Jeff McLaughlin, R. Adam Dastrup, and Maura Hahnenberger and is used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International license.
- Added an introduction that includes learning objectives.
- Added closing statement that includes questions for further reflection.
- Content in the introduction included from https://openstax.org/books/introduction-philosophy/pages/6-introduction CC BY 4.0.