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Question | Answer |
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Which of the following Philosophers is NOT considered a Sophist? | Epictetus |
covered walkway | stoa |
Acropolis | Religious Center of the City |
agora | Economic and Political Center of the City |
Which Greek Philosopher is known for the phrase: "Homo Mensura"? | protagoras |
Pythagoras | mathematics |
Democritus | atoms |
thales | water |
Anaximander | air |
Alexander the Great teacher | Aristotle |
ALL MUSTARD IS YELLOW BANANAS ARE MUSTARD THEREFORE, BANANAS ARE YELLOW | good form, bad content |
Which of the following developed the first syllogism and known for developing formal logic? | Aristotle |
Who painted the school of Athens? | Raphael |
According to legend, how did Pythagoras discover muscial scales? | listening to blacksmiths |
epicureanism | seek necessary natural pleasure and do not worry about death or the Gods |
stoicism | live dispassionately and accept the parts of your life that you cannot control |
cynicism | live an independent self reliant life without being ashamed of your true nature |
The Sophists of Ancient Athens helped to develop the first Democracy. | true |
Which of the following best describes the political theory concept of 'conservative' ? | the social contract exists between past, present, and future generations, and present generations have a duty to preserve tradition. |
Seneca famously advised his friend Lucilius to reject an legal authority and to refuse to accept whatever fate that the Roman court's might impose upon him. | false |
Who received the prophecy that he would "deface the currency" of Greek culture from the Oracle at Delphi? | Diogenes |
The term APATHEIA relates to which aspect of Stoic philosophy? | living dispassionately |
Zeno of Elea is famous for what type of arguments? | paradox |
The Pythagoreans believed that it was important to eat beans every day. | false |
student of plato | Aristotle |
Ontology | study of being |
syllogism | a form of logical argument using precise deductive reasoning |
epistemology | study of knowledge |
noumena | things as they exist in themselves outside of any human perception |
phenomena | things as they exist through human perception |
Utilitarianism | ethic system the weighs the balance of harm |
relativism | belief that there is no absolute truth or knowledge of any kind |
aesthetics | study of beauty |
belief that knowledge about God is not and can not be known | agnosticism |
Theology | the study of God and spirituality |
Which philosophy was adopted by some Roman Emperors and was used as an excuse for indulging in a hedonistic bacchanalian lifestyle? | epicureanism |
The philosopher Plato is the only primary source that we have regarding the life of Socrates. | false |
Place the following Philosophers in the Chronological Order. | Pythagoras, socrates, Aristotle, Hypatia |
The Pythagoreans understood mathematics in physicalist and reductive terms, and rejected all claims of spirituality and divinity connected to mathematics. | false |
paine | modern liberalism |
burke | conservatism |
Epicurus considered REPOSE to be an important natural and necessary pleasure. | repose |
Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius was a member of which school of thought? | stoicism |
Which of the following best describes the Care Principle? | feminist ethics |
The Epicurean Paradox concerns what area of Religion? | problem of evil |