Pre socratics Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What does Aristotle mean by the efficient cause of a thing? - ANSWER Where it came from. Which is a theme common to all the pre-Socratics? - ANSWER The experienced world is a manifestation of a more fundamental underlying reality. What did the Atomists do? - ANSWER They distinguished between atomic properties and relational properties.

HUMN I final Exam Questions With Answers The Greek word eudaimonia refers to? the good or flourishing life the Parthenon's 40 foot ivory and gold statue of Athena was intended to represent? Athens political power The Sophists differed from the Pre-Socratics in their focus on? The actions of human beings Socrates differed from the sophists, most notably, in his emphasis on? philosophical wisdom According to Aristotle, a person could come to know universal truths by? Obs...

HUMN I final Exam Questions With Answers The Greek word eudaimonia refers to? the good or flourishing life the Parthenon's 40 foot ivory and gold statue of Athena was intended to represent? Athens political power The Sophists differed from the Pre-Socratics in their focus on? The actions of human beings Socrates differed from the sophists, most notably, in his emphasis on? philosophical wisdom According to Aristotle, a person could come to know universal truths by? Obs...

PHIL 201 Exam 1 Questions With Complete Answers 2024. Who was the first philosopher? - CORRECT ANSWER Thales What was the fundamental problem which the first philosophers wrestled? - CORRECT ANSWER The one and the many What did the Greeks of Thale's day believe surrounded the earth? - CORRECT ANSWER A great river Monism literally means manyness - CORRECT ANSWER False What was it specifically that the pre-Socratic philosophers wondered about? - CORRECT ANSWER Nature of reality ...

metaphysics a branch of philosophy that investigates the ultimate nature of reality epistemology study of knowledge (how do we know what we know?) ethics A system of moral principles. Pre Socratics cosmology, problem of the one and the many, problem of the infinite regress cosmology

Straighterline Philosophy exam 1 With Correct Answers.

Ethics Correct Answer The branch of philosophy that analyzes and defends concepts of value, and thereby determines right and wrong. Epistemology Correct Answer The branch of philosophy that analyzes and defends concepts of knowledge and the methodologies by which it is attained. Metaphysics Correct Answer The branch of philosophy that seeks to uncover and describe the ultimate nature of reality. Meta Correct Answer "Beyond" Natural Philosophy Correct Answer The branch of philosophy...

Select the statement that distinguishes Socrates' philosophical approach from that of the Pre-Socratics. correct answers His main focus was questions, including "what makes a life worth living?" Select the statement that distinguishes Socrates' philosophical approach from that of the Pre-Socratics. correct answers He had a primary interest in determining what is morally right. Select the statement that distinguishes Socrates' philosophical approach from that of the Pre-Socratics. corr...

what was the Sophists' main topic of interest? - Answer-the self (person) idea of a good life (excellence and success; socially, in the community) what was the Sophists' attitude toward ultimate knowledge of the cosmos? - Answer-they were uninterested as they focused more on the person thought it was impossible to know about the cosmos why were the Sophists interested in the art of rhetoric? - Answer-persuasion; try to make you believe that it is good what is the idea of arete and h...

What does Aristotle mean by the efficient cause of a thing? correct answer: Where it came from. Which is a theme common to all the pre-Socratics? correct answer: The experienced world is a manifestation of a more fundamental underlying reality. What did the Atomists do? correct answer: They distinguished between atomic properties and relational properties. How are the Forms apprehended, according to Plato? correct answer: By reason. What did Aristotle say about all change? correc...