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Discovering Arete: Philosophy for Excellence in Life

The Arete Project explores the concept of Arete, or excellence, as the realization of our full potential. This journey delves into the essence of philosophy—understanding what it means to be human and the various branches such as epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics. Through the lens of Socratic thought, we reflect on the importance of self-examination and the pursuit of virtue. Get ready to weigh options and engage in profound inquiry as we investigate how asking questions can lead us to a deeper understanding of excellence and the challenges we face.

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Discovering Arete: Philosophy for Excellence in Life

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  1. The Arete ProjectYEAR 10 Learning to think, thinking to learn.

  2. What is Arete? • The state of excellence which comes from living at one’s full potential. • 1000 months to get it right! • You need to weigh up the options.

  3. What is Philosophy? • Means ‘love of wisdom.’ • A 2500 year-old attempt to understand what it means to be human. • What does that mean?

  4. Areas of Philosophy • Epistemology – what do we know and how do we know we know it? • Metaphysics – what is reality? • Ethics – what is the best way to act? • Political philosophy – how should society be organised? • Philosophy of religion – does God exist and, if he does, what then? • Philosophy of science – what are the wider implications of scientific developments?

  5. It’s not easy….

  6. Why bother? • Socrates c. 470-399 BCE • ‘ I say that to talk every day about virtue and the other things about which you hear me talking and examining myself and others is the greatest good to man, and that the unexamined life is not worth living.’

  7. What do you think? • What is Socrates saying? • Do you agree? • How might this approach help us to attain arete? • How might asking questions lead to conflict?

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