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What is a worldview?
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A set of assumptions by which you make sense of reality. God, man, reality, morality, knowledge.
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What are the four values of studying history?
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To gain information and reduce ignorace, gain skill in evaluating worldviews expressions, grow in our own search for truth, and to test the validity of idea.s
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Zeitgeist
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spirit of the age
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In Hebrew theology, God is (3 things)
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Creator, Sustainer, and Redeemer.
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Anthropology
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the nature of humans
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Sociology
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the nature of human society
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eschatology
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where history is going
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ashrey
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salvation, safety, triumph
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When did Plato die?
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347 BC
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What was Platos real name?
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Aritocles
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What does Plato mean?
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Wide, broad shouldered
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Who was Plato's teacher?
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Socrates
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Who was Plato's favorite student?
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Aristotle.
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What was the school that Plato founded called?
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The Academy
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Why was philosophy invented?
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To prove skeptics wrong.
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What are the two worlds in Plato's dualism?
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World of sense/experience(lower), and world of forms(invisible).
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asceticism
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belief that pleasure is bad
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What did the survival of the polis depend on?
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The ability to produce good citizens
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Goodness depends on
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happiness
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Our goal in life is to escape the
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world of forms
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Thrasymachus was a _______ who said
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skeptic, "if it feels good, do it."
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Skepticism is
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self defeating (everything I say to you is a lie)
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When does skepticism occer?
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When a system of thought begins to degenerate
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What was Plato's view on democracy?
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He hated it, because the people had power and were not to be trusted.
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What are the two levels of justice?
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Personal level(your character), and the public/communal(where your character is expressed) level.
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Who were Platos intellectual enemies?
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Sophists, skeptics, and relavists
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Who said, "the unexamined life is not worth living"?
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Socrates
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What are the two views of Plato's Republic?
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The majority view (presents ideal society), and the minority view (too difficult to obtain).
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What are the three parts of Plato's trichotomy?
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Reason (knowledge), spirit (honor), and appetite (desires).
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What does Plato say that the three basic jobs are?
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Guardians (philosopher-kings), auxiliaries (soldiers), and workers (laborers).
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What are the four virtues?
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Wisdom (guardians), Courage (auxiliaries), Moderation (auxiliaries and workers), and Justice.
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What are four characteristics of the Roman worldview?
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They copied the Greeks, were practical, tolerated religious diversity, and had very impersonal cults.
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When did Cicero live?
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106 BC - 43 BC
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What was Cicero elected to at the age of 43 and why was this an honor?
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He was elected to consul of Rome. This was an honor because there were only two of them and he was not of noble blood.
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When forced to choose between Caesar and Pompey, who did he choose?
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He chose to side with Pompey, but was forgiven by Caesar when Caesar won.
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Why was Cicero murdered and by whom?
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Mark Anthony, for speaking out against him.
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What was Ciceros last book called?
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On Duties, about always doing the right thing
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What is the paradox of peace and freedom?
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Freedom -> choices -> diversity -> conflict -> violence -> government using power. peace and freedom are incompatible
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What is the solution to the paradox?
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To have a government of laws, not of men
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The Old Testament is what percent of the Bible?
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77%
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What are the two assumptions that Christians make?
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That God exists and that God reveals himself in the Bible.
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What are the two ways that God reveals himself?
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General Revelation (always available) and Special Revelation (the Bible)
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What are the four manifestations of General Revelation?
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Nature, Conscience, History, and innate belief in God.
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What are the two assumptions that Christians make?
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That God exists and that God reveals himself in the Bible.
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What are the two ways that God reveals himself?
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General Revelation (always available) and Special Revelation (the Bible)
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What are the four manifestations of General Revelation?
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Nature, Conscience, History, and innate belief in God.
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