Question 1

​What are the two basic notions for Empedocles?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Fire and water 
B)  ​Fire and strife 
C)  ​Strike and love 
D)  ​Love and water 
A)  ​Fire and water 
B)  ​Fire and strife 
C)  ​Strike and love 
D)  ​Love and water C

Question 2

​The Cynics hated Heraclitus.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

​Anaximenes held that the universal element is

Accepted Answer

A)  ​water 
B)  ​fire 
C)  ​dust 
D)  ​air 
A)  ​water 
B)  ​fire 
C)  ​dust 
D)  ​air D

Question 4

​ Pierre Hadot is a Greek philosopher.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

​Anaxagoras held that all things which have life were ruled by mind.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

​According to Pythagoras, religion was nonsense.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

​The Greek word atomos means

Accepted Answer

A)  ​divided 
B)  ​indivisible 
C)  ​small 
D)  ​fire 
A)  ​divided 
B)  ​indivisible 
C)  ​small 
D)  ​fire

Question 8

​What is the problem of the "one and the many"? Which do you believe is the best ancient approach to this problem, and why?

Accepted Answer

The problem of the "one and the many" re

Question 9

​Is philosophy good for anything? If so, what? If not, why not?

Accepted Answer

Philosophy, as a discipline, has been a

Question 10

​What did Heraclitus think was unchanging?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​fire 
B)  ​order 
C)  ​change 
D)  ​goodness 
A)  ​fire 
B)  ​order 
C)  ​change 
D)  ​goodness

Question 11

​The first philosophers were concerned about the nature of nature.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

​Who held that change in the form of motion was impossible?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Heraclitus 
B)  ​Plato 
C)  ​Zeno 
D)  ​Zenaphon 
A)  ​Heraclitus 
B)  ​Plato 
C)  ​Zeno 
D)  ​Zenaphon

Question 13

​Who was not an atomist?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Lucretius 
B)  ​Epicurus 
C)  ​Democritus 
D)  ​Thales 
A)  ​Lucretius 
B)  ​Epicurus 
C)  ​Democritus 
D)  ​Thales

Question 14

​How does Heraclitus' account of change differ from ours?

Accepted Answer

Heraclitus was an ancient Greek philosop

Question 15

​Why did Zeno believe that the idea of motion was absurd? Do you agree with him, or not? Why do you believe as you do?

Accepted Answer

Zeno, a Greek philosopher, believed that

Question 16

​What is the relationship between between Parmenides' view of change and that of Zeno? Do you agree with Parmenides' view of change, or not? Explain your reasoning.

Accepted Answer

Parmenides and Zeno were both ancient Gr

Question 17

​Monism is the view that everything consists of one substance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

​The principle of sufficient reason is associated with Leibniz.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

​Heraclitus held that nature loves to hide.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

​Thales was the pupil of Anaximander.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What are the two basic notions for Empedocles?

The Cynics hated Heraclitus.

Anaximenes held that the universal element is

Pierre Hadot is a Greek philosopher.

Anaxagoras held that all things which have life were ruled by mind.

According to Pythagoras, religion was nonsense.

The Greek word atomos means

What is the problem of the "one and the many"? Which do you believe is the best ancient approach to this problem, and why?

Is philosophy good for anything? If so, what? If not, why not?

What did Heraclitus think was unchanging?

The first philosophers were concerned about the nature of nature.

Who held that change in the form of motion was impossible?

Who was not an atomist?

How does Heraclitus' account of change differ from ours?

Why did Zeno believe that the idea of motion was absurd? Do you agree with him, or not? Why do you believe as you do?

What is the relationship between between Parmenides' view of change and that of Zeno? Do you agree with Parmenides' view of change, or not? Explain your reasoning.

Monism is the view that everything consists of one substance.

The principle of sufficient reason is associated with Leibniz.

Heraclitus held that nature loves to hide.

Thales was the pupil of Anaximander.

The Asian Sages: Lao-Tzu, Confucius, and Buddha

The Sophist: Protagoras

The Wise Man: Socrates

The Philosopher-King: Plato

The Naturalist: Aristotle

The Stoic: Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius

The Scholar: Thomas Aquinas

The Rationalist: René Descartes

The Skeptic: David Hume

The Universalist: Immanuel Kant

The Utilitarian: John Stuart Mill

The Materialist: Karl Marx

The Existentialist: Søren Kierkegaard

The Pragmatist: William James

The Anti-Philosopher: Friedrich Nietzsche

The Twentieth Century: Ludwig Wittgenstein and Martin Heidegger

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Exam 2: The Pre-Socratic: Sophos

​What are the two basic notions for Empedocles?

​The Cynics hated Heraclitus.

​Anaximenes held that the universal element is

​ Pierre Hadot is a Greek philosopher.

​Anaxagoras held that all things which have life were ruled by mind.

​According to Pythagoras, religion was nonsense.

​The Greek word atomos means

​What is the problem of the "one and the many"? Which do you believe is the best ancient approach to this problem, and why?

​Is philosophy good for anything? If so, what? If not, why not?

​What did Heraclitus think was unchanging?

​The first philosophers were concerned about the nature of nature.

​Who held that change in the form of motion was impossible?

​Who was not an atomist?

​How does Heraclitus' account of change differ from ours?

​Why did Zeno believe that the idea of motion was absurd? Do you agree with him, or not? Why do you believe as you do?

​What is the relationship between between Parmenides' view of change and that of Zeno? Do you agree with Parmenides' view of change, or not? Explain your reasoning.

​Monism is the view that everything consists of one substance.

​The principle of sufficient reason is associated with Leibniz.

​Heraclitus held that nature loves to hide.

​Thales was the pupil of Anaximander.

The Asian Sages: Lao-Tzu, Confucius, and Buddha

The Sophist: Protagoras

The Wise Man: Socrates

The Philosopher-King: Plato

The Naturalist: Aristotle

The Stoic: Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius

The Scholar: Thomas Aquinas

The Rationalist: René Descartes

The Skeptic: David Hume

The Universalist: Immanuel Kant

The Utilitarian: John Stuart Mill

The Materialist: Karl Marx

The Existentialist: Søren Kierkegaard

The Pragmatist: William James

The Anti-Philosopher: Friedrich Nietzsche

The Twentieth Century: Ludwig Wittgenstein and Martin Heidegger

Philosophy As a Way of Life

Introduction-Philosophy-And-The-Search-For-Wisdom

Filters

What are the two basic notions for Empedocles?

The Cynics hated Heraclitus.

Anaximenes held that the universal element is

Pierre Hadot is a Greek philosopher.

Anaxagoras held that all things which have life were ruled by mind.

According to Pythagoras, religion was nonsense.

The Greek word atomos means

What is the problem of the "one and the many"? Which do you believe is the best ancient approach to this problem, and why?

Is philosophy good for anything? If so, what? If not, why not?

What did Heraclitus think was unchanging?

The first philosophers were concerned about the nature of nature.

Who held that change in the form of motion was impossible?

Who was not an atomist?

How does Heraclitus' account of change differ from ours?

Why did Zeno believe that the idea of motion was absurd? Do you agree with him, or not? Why do you believe as you do?

What is the relationship between between Parmenides' view of change and that of Zeno? Do you agree with Parmenides' view of change, or not? Explain your reasoning.

Monism is the view that everything consists of one substance.

The principle of sufficient reason is associated with Leibniz.

Heraclitus held that nature loves to hide.

Thales was the pupil of Anaximander.