Question 1

It could be said that Aristophanes

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A) feared attacking authority figures. 
B) culminated the Ionian school of philosophy. 
C) was an itinerant philosopher whose ideas strongly influenced the young. 
D) criticized the diminishing sense of values among Athenians. 
E) believed only dramatic tragedies could lead Athenian audiences to a better life. 
A) feared attacking authority figures. 
B) culminated the Ionian school of philosophy. 
C) was an itinerant philosopher whose ideas strongly influenced the young. 
D) criticized the diminishing sense of values among Athenians. 
E) believed only dramatic tragedies could lead Athenian audiences to a better life.

Question 2

The earliest Ionian philosophy

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A) was closely associated with religion and the Greek priesthood. 
B) originated in Mesopotamia via Asia Minor. 
C) began with the cosmologists who sought to understand now how nature came to be the way it was. 
D) still maintained the gods were the origin of nature. 
E) held that the most important quality of knowledge was its practical application. 
A) was closely associated with religion and the Greek priesthood. 
B) originated in Mesopotamia via Asia Minor. 
C) began with the cosmologists who sought to understand now how nature came to be the way it was. 
D) still maintained the gods were the origin of nature. 
E) held that the most important quality of knowledge was its practical application.

Question 3

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 relativism

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Relativism is a philosophical concept th

Question 4

The Pythagoreans

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A) rejected democracy as too chaotic and corrupt. 
B) believed that human beings were simply complex machines. 
C) participated in the cult of Dionysus. 
D) discovered that the intervals in the musical scale can be expressed mathematically. 
E) practiced astrology. 
A) rejected democracy as too chaotic and corrupt. 
B) believed that human beings were simply complex machines. 
C) participated in the cult of Dionysus. 
D) discovered that the intervals in the musical scale can be expressed mathematically. 
E) practiced astrology.

Question 5

​In considering the achievement of the ancient Greeks, the text states that the Greeks

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A) rejected slavery. 
B) were able to eliminate superstition fully. 
C) ​often behaved similar to other ancient peoples. 
D) ​always lived up to their own ideals. 
E) all of the above 
A) rejected slavery. 
B) were able to eliminate superstition fully. 
C) ​often behaved similar to other ancient peoples. 
D) ​always lived up to their own ideals. 
E) all of the above

Question 6

In Athens, the Sophists taught

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A) political skills of public speaking and policy-making. 
B) music and mathematics. 
C) secret methods of achieving immortality. 
D) spiritual exercises aimed at individual enlightenment. 
E) practical skills that improved Athenian technology. 
A) political skills of public speaking and policy-making. 
B) music and mathematics. 
C) secret methods of achieving immortality. 
D) spiritual exercises aimed at individual enlightenment. 
E) practical skills that improved Athenian technology.

Question 7

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 naturalistic

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Naturalistic is an adjective that descri

Question 8

Socrates would agree with which of the following statements?

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A) "No greater good can happen to a man than to discuss human excellence every day." 
B) "As long as I have breath and strength I will not give up philosophy" 
C) "The unexamined life is not worth living." 
D) "My mission was to be a gadfly to stir Athenians from their complacency and prompt them to reflect critically about their lives." 
E) all of the above 
A) "No greater good can happen to a man than to discuss human excellence every day." 
B) "As long as I have breath and strength I will not give up philosophy" 
C) "The unexamined life is not worth living." 
D) "My mission was to be a gadfly to stir Athenians from their complacency and prompt them to reflect critically about their lives." 
E) all of the above

Question 9

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 hubris

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Hubris is a term that originates from an

Question 10

The philosophical insights offered by Parmenides

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A) accepted a concept of a True Being that included transcendence and permanence. 
B) rejected the Pythagorean style of thought. 
C) referred to the True Being as God. 
D) contended that understanding of the cosmos proceeded through the senses. 
E) stated that the universe is made of matter and void. 
A) accepted a concept of a True Being that included transcendence and permanence. 
B) rejected the Pythagorean style of thought. 
C) referred to the True Being as God. 
D) contended that understanding of the cosmos proceeded through the senses. 
E) stated that the universe is made of matter and void.

Question 11

Hippocrates

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A) was the last Greek physician to ascribe divine origins to disease. 
B) was influenced by the thought of the early Greek cosmologists. 
C) combined magic and medicine. 
D) drew upon the information provided by oracles rather than observations to treat patients. 
E) all of the above 
A) was the last Greek physician to ascribe divine origins to disease. 
B) was influenced by the thought of the early Greek cosmologists. 
C) combined magic and medicine. 
D) drew upon the information provided by oracles rather than observations to treat patients. 
E) all of the above

Question 12

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Compare Ionian views with those of the Pythagoreans and Parmenides. How did each tradition contribute to the development of scientific thought?

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The Ionian views, as represented by thin

Question 13

Greek artists exemplified the humanist spirit of Greek culture by

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A) placing people in their natural environment. 
B) making the human form the focal point of attention. 
C) exalting human nobility and dignity. 
D) celebrating the beauty of the human being. 
E) all of the above 
A) placing people in their natural environment. 
B) making the human form the focal point of attention. 
C) exalting human nobility and dignity. 
D) celebrating the beauty of the human being. 
E) all of the above

Question 14

Which early Greek thinkers and religious mystics refused to eat animal flesh because they believed it contained former human souls?

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A) the followers of Thales 
B) the followers of Pythagoras 
C) the followers of Parmenides 
D) the followers of Democritus 
E) the followers of Anaximander 
A) the followers of Thales 
B) the followers of Pythagoras 
C) the followers of Parmenides 
D) the followers of Democritus 
E) the followers of Anaximander

Question 15

Which of the following speculated that the world was composed of atoms?

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A) Democritus 
B) Parmenides 
C) Thales 
D) Pythagoras 
E) Anaximenes 
A) Democritus 
B) Parmenides 
C) Thales 
D) Pythagoras 
E) Anaximenes

Question 16

Aristotle's theory of knowledge and reality included which of the following?

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A) Sense perception was not essential for understanding. 
B) Forms existed independently of particular objects. 
C) It was possible for theory to conflict with fact. 
D) The ultimate goal of knowledge is the comprehension of the essence of things and the understanding of universal principles. 
E) Love of beauty can eventually lead a person to contemplate absolute beauty and good in the world beyond the physical. 
A) Sense perception was not essential for understanding. 
B) Forms existed independently of particular objects. 
C) It was possible for theory to conflict with fact. 
D) The ultimate goal of knowledge is the comprehension of the essence of things and the understanding of universal principles. 
E) Love of beauty can eventually lead a person to contemplate absolute beauty and good in the world beyond the physical.

Question 17

All the following may be said about Herodotus EXCEPT

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A) as the "father of history," Herodotus was a thoroughgoing rationalist. 
B) Herodotus was free of the common Greek contempt for the non-Hellenic world. 
C) Herodotus did not merely repeat legends but he often sought to discover what really happened. 
D) the gods had a relatively minor role in his histories. 
E) Herodotus seemed to share in the Greek fascination with the tragedy of hubris. 
A) as the "father of history," Herodotus was a thoroughgoing rationalist. 
B) Herodotus was free of the common Greek contempt for the non-Hellenic world. 
C) Herodotus did not merely repeat legends but he often sought to discover what really happened. 
D) the gods had a relatively minor role in his histories. 
E) Herodotus seemed to share in the Greek fascination with the tragedy of hubris.

Question 18

Who may be remembered as the first actor in history because he engaged in dialogue?

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A) Croesus 
B) Hesiod 
C) Thespis 
D) Sappho 
E) Aeschylus 
A) Croesus 
B) Hesiod 
C) Thespis 
D) Sappho 
E) Aeschylus

Question 19

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 dialectics

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Dialectics is a method of philosophical

Question 20

Which of the following statements about Thucydides is correct?

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A) The study of war would reveal general principles of human behavior. 
B) The motives of statesmen were insignificant in studying the historical event. 
C) The historian must entertain rather than enlighten. 
D) History was the work of the gods. 
E) His work represents a rejection of the findings of the Sophists and the Hippocratic doctors. 
A) The study of war would reveal general principles of human behavior. 
B) The motives of statesmen were insignificant in studying the historical event. 
C) The historian must entertain rather than enlighten. 
D) History was the work of the gods. 
E) His work represents a rejection of the findings of the Sophists and the Hippocratic doctors.

Exam 4: Greek Thought From Myth to Reason

It could be said that Aristophanes

The earliest Ionian philosophy

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? relativism

The Pythagoreans

​In considering the achievement of the ancient Greeks, the text states that the Greeks

In Athens, the Sophists taught

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? naturalistic

Socrates would agree with which of the following statements?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? hubris

The philosophical insights offered by Parmenides

Hippocrates

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Compare Ionian views with those of the Pythagoreans and Parmenides. How did each tradition contribute to the development of scientific thought?

Greek artists exemplified the humanist spirit of Greek culture by

Which early Greek thinkers and religious mystics refused to eat animal flesh because they believed it contained former human souls?

Which of the following speculated that the world was composed of atoms?

Aristotle's theory of knowledge and reality included which of the following?

All the following may be said about Herodotus EXCEPT

Who may be remembered as the first actor in history because he engaged in dialogue?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? dialectics

Which of the following statements about Thucydides is correct?

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