Exam 7: The Stoic: Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius

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Do you believe that Alexander the Great was right to admire Diogenes? Why or why not? Is a strict adherence to principle always admirable? Explain and illustrate your answer.

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Question 41

What directs the course of our lives, according to Stoics?

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Question 42

Stoics seek serenity.

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Question 43

Aristippus's doctrine is known as Cyrogenic hedonism.

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Question 44

Epicurus thought that if something was desired then it was desirable.

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Question 45

What sort of person did the Stoic Epictetus consider an ideal?

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Question 46

Where was Aristippus born?

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Question 47

Who founded the school called The Silver Dog?

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Question 48

Who wrote the Enchiridion ?

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Question 49

An Epicurean always had exotic tastes.

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Question 50

What could Plato see through the holes in Antisthenes' cloak?

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Question 51

Given his hedonism, do you believe that Epicurus would have held that death could be a harm to the person who died? Explain your answer. Would Aristotle have agreed with him, or disagreed with him? Explain your answer. Who do you agree with?

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Question 52

Which philosopher was a former slave?

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Question 53

Where was Epicurus born?

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Question 54

Epicurus's school encouraged women to interact with men as equals.

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Question 55

Epicurus was fond of barley cakes.

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Question 56

What is evil, according to Hedonism?

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Question 57

What did the Stoics choose to master?

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Question 58

Who founded Stoicism in Greece?

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Question 59

Aristippus rejected hedonism.

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Do you believe that Alexander the Great was right to admire Diogenes? Why or why not? Is a strict adherence to principle always admirable? Explain and illustrate your answer.

What directs the course of our lives, according to Stoics?

Stoics seek serenity.

Aristippus's doctrine is known as Cyrogenic hedonism.

Epicurus thought that if something was desired then it was desirable.

What sort of person did the Stoic Epictetus consider an ideal?

Where was Aristippus born?

Who founded the school called The Silver Dog?

Who wrote the Enchiridion ?

An Epicurean always had exotic tastes.

What could Plato see through the holes in Antisthenes' cloak?

Given his hedonism, do you believe that Epicurus would have held that death could be a harm to the person who died? Explain your answer. Would Aristotle have agreed with him, or disagreed with him? Explain your answer. Who do you agree with?

Which philosopher was a former slave?

Where was Epicurus born?

Epicurus's school encouraged women to interact with men as equals.

Epicurus was fond of barley cakes.

What is evil, according to Hedonism?

What did the Stoics choose to master?

Who founded Stoicism in Greece?

Aristippus rejected hedonism.

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

The Pre-Socratic: Sophos

The Sophist: Protagoras

The Wise Man: Socrates

The Philosopher-King: Plato

The Naturalist: Aristotle

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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