Chapter 2 Quiz - The Presocratic Sophos question with correct answers graded A+

Chapter 2 Quiz - The Presocratic Sophos question with correct answers graded A+One of Socrates' teachers was a female philosopher called Diotima. A. False B. True - correct answer b. True The term sophos is from the Greek word for "solipsist," or "disconnected person." A. False B. True - correct answer a. False According to Thales the basic substance underlying all things was fire. A. False B. True - correct answer a. False The general name for the belief that everything consists of one single underlying substance is monism. A. False B. True - correct answer b. True Anaximander's cosmology was based on a rejection of the principle of sufficient reason. A. False B. True - correct answer a. False Anaximander's theoretical work is similar to Lao-tzu's view of "relative opposites." A. False B. True - correct answer b. True According to Anaximander the aperion is a. an infinite mass of forces with no specific qualities. b. a finite mass of forces with no specific qualities. c. an infinite mass of forces with specific qualities. d. a finite mass of forces with specific qualities. - correct answer a. an infinite mass of forces with no specific qualities. What did Anaximenes argue was that basic unifying element? a. Water b. Air