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What pre-socratic philosopher spoke of oxen, horses, and lions?
Xenophanes
What is the greek meaning for the word atomos?
undividable
What is the greek meaning of the word episteme?
knowledge
What is Plato's principle epistemology?
rationalsim
Who said "You can't step in the same river twice"?
Heraclitus
study of what is real
metaphysics
study of what is good
ethics
What is good?
ethics
What is real?
metaphysics
study of what is beautiful
aesthetics
epistemology of doubting
skepticism
study of ways of knowing things
epistemology
what is beautiful?
aesthetics
use of senses to obtain knowledge
empiricism
How do you know I'll have fun?
skepticism
What does the flower smell like?
empiricism
How do we know?
epistemology
What pre-socratic philosopher demonstrated that motion was impossible?
Zenos of Ellia
What philosopher did Augustine Christianize?
Plato
What philosopher did Aquinas Christianize?
Aristotle
Augustine followed the idea of
rationalisim
Plato was a
rationalist
Aquinas followed the idea of
empiricism
Aristotle was an
empiricist
Zeno of illia was a
rationalist
Heraclitus was
empirical
Parmenides, "being" or "becoming"?
being
Heraclitus, "being" or "becoming"?
becoming
What were sophists?
materialsits
What was Socrates?
rationalist
Aristotle and Plato were what?
metaphysicists
What were Aristotle's four causes?
material, efficient, formal, final
What philosopher founded neo-platonism?
Plotinus
Who is a famous cynic?
Diogenes
What group believed that unhappiness comes from fighting against fate and that the universe is rational?
Stoics
Ataraxia is the absence of what?
pain
Almost all materialists are what?
determinists
The best life is a life of moderation, avoided pain, and highest possible sensory enjoyment according to who?
Epicurus
A skepticist who thought that pain and anguish was caused by believing in something because truth is not absolute.
Pyrrho of Elis
Unhappieness comes from fighting fate is the idea of what philosopher in stoicism?
Zeno of Citium
Which philosopher believed that the highest degree of reality is that which we percieve with our senses?
Aristotle
Empedocles believed nature consisted of what four elements?
earth, air, fire, water
Democritus thought that everything was built up of tiny invisible blocks called what?
atoms
Democritus was a
materialist
According to Democritus, human beings had no immortal
soul
Socrates valued what higher than life?
conscience
Who said "One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing."?
Socrates
Socrates was a
rationalist
According to Plato everything is made after a timeless what that is eternal and immutable?
mold
According to Plate man is a what?
dual creature
Plato believes we have an immortal soul. True or false?
true