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Western Civ
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Undergraduate 3
01/28/2009

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Natural Philosopher
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Term for Galileo and others who objectively studied nature and the physical universe through scientific discoveries and opinions.
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Heliocentric Cosmology
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Copernicus. The earth revolves around the sun.
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Kepler
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Born after Galileo and published before. First to prove elliptical orbits. Galileo disagreed.
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Metaphysics
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Theory of Reality. Pre-Socratics train of thought.
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Persian Wars
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538 BCE Persians invaded Babylon and sacked Israel. Set them free and gave them money for a new temple.
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Acropolis
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Athens. Parthenon.
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Materialism
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Theory that the world is composed of all matter.
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Meletus
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Prosecuted Socrates.
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Wild child
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Victor
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Social Contract Theory
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State doesn't exist naturally. Opposes Aristotle.
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Claudius
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The disabled emperor of Rome who attempted to pass laws to help people get further in life. Killed by wife, Agropena, and son Nero took his position.
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Senate
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Essential feature of the Roman republic. Defining Roman Institutions. Advise the consuls and other magistrates.
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Epicureanism
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Epicurus from Greece. A form of hedonism, pleasure is ultimate goal.
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TaNaKh
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Torah, Nevi'im, and Ketuvim. The Hebrew Bible.
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587 BCE
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Babylon wanted Israel, and forced Israelites to exile in Babylon.
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Nebuchadnezzar
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Initiated invasion into Israel. Destroyed Yaweh.
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Ptolemy
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Believed in geocentric.
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Copernicus.
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Heliocentric. Circular orbits.
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Tycho Brahe
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Noticed eliptical orbits. Kepler used his observations.
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Peloponnesian War
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Athens started it. Sparta won. Weakened Athens.
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Parthenon
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Located on Acropolis in Greece.
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Pre-Socratics
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Used philosophy to understand metaphysics. What is theory of reality?
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Dualism
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two substances. Matter and immaterial.
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Eudaimonia
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Be all you can be. A good government caters to this.
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Polity
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Opposite of Democracy for Aristotle.
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Teleology
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Study of Telos.
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Nero
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Son of Agropina. Tutored by Senecca. Deranged emperor of Rome.
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Stoa
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Greek name for port. Where the stoics taught.
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Covenant
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A deal or agreement with god. Ten Comandments.
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Septuagint
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Hebrew Bible translated into Greek for Jews in Alexandria.
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Judah
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South Kingdom of Israel. Two of 12 tribes of Israel. Attacked by Babylon.
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Augustus
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Succeeded Caesar. Used propaganda to re-solidify Roman empire.
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