Exam 2: The Legacy of Ancient Greece Eea-323 Bce

In the Era of Evolutionary Adaptation early humans traveled in small bands, and mostly formed short-term mating and parenting bonds. This way of life changed:

Plato proposed that learning universal concepts such as "cat" is based on:

In contrast to Plato, but anticipating today's cognitive psychology, Aristotle defined soul in terms of:

The first Greek philosophers to say there was no single best human way of life were:

Discuss several reasons why our intellectual history from the past is mysterious.

Explain why the Greek system of thought is considered and open system.

Summarize the argument that today's postmodern way of life looks in many respects like life in the Era of Evolutionary Adaptation, (give details).

In Aristotle's treatment of human beings, what is the unique function of the human soul, or mind?

According the Bronze Age conception of moral virtue, virtue:

Why did the Greeks reject doing things for a profit and why was being called "a fisheater" an insult to the Greeks?

In discussing the complexity behind the history of philosophy, science and psychology the author of the text states, "Not only is the past another country- it sometimes tries to hide". Summarize the meaning of this statement and give examples.

According to Aristotle, the faculty responsible for forming and storing universal knowledge was

In what ways was Sparta the clearest and most extreme embodiment of Greek social, moral, and political values?

Aristotle distinguished between memory and knowledge. This distinction reflects the modern distinction of:

The author of the text recalls that his experience in the museum with the Elgin Marbles taught him an important lesson about history. That lesson was:

The doctrine that one should not invoke gods, spirits, souls, demons or the like to explain events in the world is called:

Why were the earliest Greek philosophers appropriately called physicists? What is Naturalism and what relationship does it have with social science?

Who was the Archaic Greek Philosopher that in essence told his student, "This is how I see things- how I believe things are. Try to improve upon my teaching."