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How are the earliest Greek philosophers called according to their main concern?
Natural philosophers
Wise men
Moral philosophers
Reasonabilia
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Why did people become angry with Socrates?
Because Plato was his teacher's pet
Because he wouldn't let them into his school
he encouraged them to think and question their beliefs
Because he only taught about myths
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Everything is built up by atoms, thought
Democritus
Anaximenes
Anaximander
Anaxagoras
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Natural philosophers are also called Pre socratics because...
Their line of thought is different from the one of Socrates
Concerns about nature came before moral concerns
Socrates is often considered the first great philosopher
It's impossible to know why
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Socrates taught Plato, Plato taught Aristole
True
False
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Plato and Socrates believed that ______ were most important:
innate ideas
natural selection
empiricism
functionalism
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Socrates's most famous student
Aristotle
Plato
Socrates
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The main question for natural philosophers was
What is good?
What is stuff made of?
Do gods exist?
What is our purpose in life?
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In the "Parable of the Cave" the prisoners in the cave
see the perfect forms
see shadows and think they are real
see the true reality of things
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What was one of Socrates most famous quotes?
Pray every day
Don't ask
Teach yourself
I know that I know nothing
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How did philosophy begin in Greece?
Development of thought to one based on experience and reason
Doubt of supernatural explanations
Free citizens had time to devote to culture and politics
Just by accepting what the authority transmitted
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What is a myth?
A religious based explanation about the origin of nature
A logical explanation about natural phenomena
Nonsense
A supernatural explanation of natural phenomena
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What teaching method was invented by the philosopher, Socrates?
accepting
experimenting
questioning
generalizing
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Who believed that the source of all things was water?
Anaximander
Anaximenes
Thales
Heraclitus
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Who thought that constant change (flux) was the most basic characteristic of nature?
Hercalitus
Parmenides
Anaximander
Thales
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What killed Socrates?
Cancer
Plato
Hemlock
Crucifixion
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Were the Presocratic philosophers scientists?
Yes, in the modern sense
No, not in the modern sense
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Where did philosophy as we know it begin?
India
Egypt
Norway
Greece
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The author of the famous philosophical dialogues with Socrates as the main interlocutor?
Plato
Aristotle
Plotinus
Hegel
