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CLASSIC HELLENISTIC ROME
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Who are the two creator peoples?
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Greeks and the Hebrews
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What was the bridge in Roman-Hellenistic period?
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Classical to Christian world
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What was the Classic Equilibrium?
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excellence of individual / good of community
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What was the Hellenistic alienation?
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search for meaning in pleasure, diverse religions/philosophies
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What was the Best Man & Best Citizen for Aristotle/Plato?
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Friends
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What was the Best Man & Best Citizen for Epicureans?
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Strangers
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What was the Best Man & Best Citizen for Stoics?
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Identified
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Two main points Materialism (Atomism) vs. Superstition for the Epicureans?
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1. No creation from nothing; all has knowable cause
2. Mind material (smaller, smoother atoms) |
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What were the Epicureans idea of pleasure?
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relief from fear, intense desire (“Love”)
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What was the best life for the Epicureans?
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Philosophy and the common life
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What is the hierachy of the Pleasure, Virtue & the Good for the Classical View?
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1. Good (pleasure 2)
2. Virtue (noble self-sacrifice) 3. Pleasure 1 (vulgar) |
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What is Lucretius view of love?
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“Sex is better than love”; “Love” is an illusion."
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What is Plato's view of love?
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A search for true beauty
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What are the three points that Stoics and Socrates agree on?
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1. Virtue is key to happiness
2. Rational order in cosmos 3. Rational order in soul (reason rules passions) |
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What is the Cosmopolis for the Stoic?
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Universal brotherhood
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What is the "anthropocentric tendency" for the Stoic?
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Providence cares for humankind
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What is the Stoic's view on Equality?
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1. Philosophy for everyone
2. Exaggerates self-sufficiency of virtue 3. Effaces distinction: philosophical / practical |
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What does Peguy think of the Roman soldier?
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Defender of Plato and the Prophets
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What were the three elements of the Roman Republic?
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1. Monarchical element: Consuls (executive)
2. Aristocratic element: Senate 3. Democratic element: Assembly |
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What were the three things that the Roman Legacy left?
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1. Law (order, system)
2. Mixed Constitution 3. Innovation within Existing Order |
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Who wrote the Roman constitution?
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Lycurgus
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What did Cicero introduce into Rome?
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Greek philosophy
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According to Cicero, what is Natural Law?
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Best life by nature now understood more universally.
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What was Cicero's view on a Mixed Constitution?
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Best = Monarchy
Revolution = Tyrant All 3 = most stable |
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According to Cicero, what is the blessedness of the contemplative life?
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1. The harmony of the spheres
2. The eternity of the soul (apart from body) 3. The triviality of ambition, fame. |