Humanities Clep Test Correctly Answered 2024.

Humanities Clep Test Correctly Answered 2024. Greek Philosophers Before Socrates - correct answer Pre-Socrates Pythagoras - correct answer 6th Century B.C., a Greek philosopher and mathematician, founder of a religous movement called Pythagoreanism Thales - correct answer "Father of Western Philosophy". Greek philosopher who taught that the universe had originated from water. Parmenides - correct answer a pre-socratic Greek philosopher born in Italy. Denied the existence of time, plurality, and motion. NO Change. Founder of Metaphysics. Heraclitus - correct answer a presocratic Greek philosopher who said that fire is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things are in perpetual flux (All is change). Zeno - correct answer ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC) Socrates - correct answer Greek philosopher; socratic method--questioning; sentenced to death for corrupting Athens youth. Believed writing distorted ideas. His ideas were recorded by his followers (Plato). Atomism - correct answer The idea that matter is made out of atoms Atomists - correct answer Leucippus and Democritus Plato - correct answer one of Socrates' students; was considered by many to be the GREATEST philosopher of western civilization. Explained his ideas about government in a work entitled The Republic. In his ideal state, the people were divided into three different groups.