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20 Cards in this Set
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ethos
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habit, cultural choices, seeing how others live
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anomie
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a personal state of isolation resulting from a lack of social control
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cycloptic
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a lifestyle with no social fabric, crafts, arts, or science
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chutzpah
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one who has overstepped the boundaries of accepted behavior with no shame
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thanatos
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death
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existentialism
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a philosophy concerned with finding self and the meaning of life through free will, choice, and personal responsibility
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mythos
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story, legend, or plot
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logos
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mental enlightenment through natural thinking
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deductive logic
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the conclusion follows the premises through necessity
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inductive logic
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some degree of support for the conclusion, but it doesn't necessarily follow
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epistemology
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the limits of human knowledge
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hamartia
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moment where figure sees incorrectly
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perpetai
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turn
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hellenic period
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period of the "building up" of greek culture; the epic, the poetry, the historians, the olympics, the philosophers
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humanism
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the belief that humans are capable of greatness w/o god
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escatology
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doomsday scenarios w/ 'end of the world' feel
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agon
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the struggle between characters that provides the basis of the action in a play
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hubris
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excessive pride
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genetai
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"becoming"
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techne
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ability to touch nature and make something great
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