Truth resided in the world around us
relied on senses to know the truth
Realms of His Philosophy
- Observation leading to immutable and eternal bedrock
- Empiricism ➡️ gathering knowledge to reason
- wherein Rationalists have innate knowledge to reason
- Man is a rational creature
- Good Life (wisdom, via observation)
- criticized moral relativism & moral subjectivism
- virtue based on ethics
- habit
- life experiences
- NO moral absolutes
- depends on situation
- Golden Mean Principle