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Lecture 14 (Unit 5)
Consolidation Hour #5: Greek and Roman Philosophy
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Classics
Undergraduate 1
11/16/2015

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The greatest of all the cynics was...
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Diogenes
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The universals were gods to...
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Socrates
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To accept fate and to be unmoved by external factors is a teaching of...
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Stoicism
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"Make the Weaker Argument appear Stronger" is a saying of...
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The Sophists
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"No-one errs willingly" is a saying of...
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Socrates
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What was the one teaching that all philosophers agreed upon?
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"Live according to one's convictions"
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The philosopher who stressed the combination of matter and form was...
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Aristotle
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"Man is the measure of all things" is a saying of...
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Protagoras
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The art of dialectic was employed by...
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Socrates
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What did the sophists claim to teach?
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Rhetoric, or the art of speaking
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The absence of physical and mental pain was a teaching emphasized by...
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Epicureanism
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Ataraxia means...
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Freedom from having anxiety or worry
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Who taught about Apatheia?
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The Stoics
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What did the Stoics believe the Logos to be?
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A divine principle of the world and that everyone lives by it. Causes the sun to rise the same time every day and causes the sun to rise later at the same time every day in the winter. Explains seasons and the laws of nature or the natural law.
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What world did Socrates believe to be unchanging?
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The world of universals
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"Use any place for any purpose" is a teaching of...
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Cynicism
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Who were the Sophists?
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Wise-men philosophers of 5th century who taught practical philosophy and for a fee, gave instruction for the development of various skills
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Who taught that values are relative (relativism teaching)?
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The Sophists
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What was the name of the school that Aristotle established?
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Lyceum
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What was the name of the school that Plato established?
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The Academy
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Zeno of Citium founded...
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Stoicism
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"An unexamined life is not worth living (If you didn't do something worthwhile, your life was not worth living)" is a saying of...
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Socrates
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Which philosophy taught about Autarkeia?
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Cynicism
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What does Autarkeia mean?
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Self-sufficiency
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Material philosophy was...
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A branch of Greek philosophy
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Apatheia means...
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The wise person is unmoved by external circumstance
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Philosophers were generally interested in...
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What the universe was made of (the external element that never changed)
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Entelechy was taught by...
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Aristotle
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Alcibiades was...
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The undoing of Socrates
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"Man must serve fellow-man regardless of context" is a teaching of...
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Seneca
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What did Socrates believe about universal definitions?
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That they were important to be understood by all parties
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What was the name of the school that Epicurus established?
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The Garden
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