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What is the #arge of the #physis? #presocratics
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Who thought that constant change (flux) was the most basic characteristic of nature?
Parmenides
Anaximander
Hercalitus
Thales
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Philosopher famous for criticizing Homer's mythology because the gods resembled humans too much
Heraclitus
Parmenides
Thales
Xenophanes
3
Where did philosophy as we know it begin?
Norway
Egypt
Greece
India
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Everything is built up by atoms, thought
Anaximenes
Democritus
Anaximander
Anaxagoras
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Who believed that nature is built up of an infinite number of particles invisible to the eye?
Empedocles
Heraclitus
Parmenides
Anaxagoras
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How did philosophy begin in Greece?
Doubt of supernatural explanations
Free citizens had time to devote to culture and politics
Just by accepting what the authority transmitted
Development of thought to one based on experience and reason
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What is the name of this band?
Bee Gees
Earth, Wind and Fire
Boogie wonderland
Jackson five
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What is a myth?
A supernatural explanation of natural phenomena
Nonsense
A religious based explanation about the origin of nature
A logical explanation about natural phenomena
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Who believed that the source of all things was water?
Anaximander
Heraclitus
Anaximenes
Thales
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How are the earliest Greek philosophers called according to their main concern?
Natural philosophers
Moral philosophers
Wise men
Presocratics
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Who thought that the origin of everything is air?
Anaximenes
Heraclitus
Thales
Parmenides
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Name the three philosophers of Miletus
Descartes, Plato, Anaximander
Thales, Anaximenes, Anaximander
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
Thales, Heraclitus, Parmenides
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Our world is only one of a myriad of worlds that evolve and dissolve in the boundless, thought
Anaximander
Heraclitus
Parmenides
Thales
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If you add
what
element to the name of the band it becomes
which
philosopher's theory
water, Empedocles
soul, Parmenides
nous, Anaxagoras
fire, Heraclitus
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Natural philosophers are also called Pre socratics because...
Concerns about nature came before moral concerns
Their line of thought is different from the one of Socrates
It's impossible to know why
Socrates is often considered the first great philosopher
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Our senses give us an incorrect picture of the world since there's no actual change, thought
Anaximenes
Parmenides
Anaximander
Heraclitus
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The main question for natural philosophers was
Do gods exist?
What is the arge (origin) of the physis (nature)?
What is our purpose in life?
What is good?
