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| Explaining the universe through natural and sacred thoughts. |
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| When the Greeks break from Mythos. |
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| Because of the exchange of ideas with so many different nations. |
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| Why did the Greeks break from mythos? |
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| The belief that there isn't anything sacred/religious. The denial of the sacred. |
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| Theories about the nature of the world. |
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| Theories about the origin of the universe. |
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| Greek for "word." Also means an idea, world view. Using rational argument to explain the mysteries around us. Present it to others in a persuasive way. |
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| Onthology, depistemology, axiology, logic |
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| Theory of correct inference. Logic will not always lead to the truth. |
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| Moral philosophy. Ethics. Good and Evil |
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| Theory of knowledge. "What can we know?" & "How accuratly can we know it?" |
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| Experimental approach. Observe, Hypothesis, Test, Conclusion. |
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| conceptual approach. Prove something logically not experimentally. |
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| because they believed in a "prime mover" |
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| What made the Greeks non-atheists? |
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| because they were slave owners, they had time to think on philosophy |
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| What allowed the Greeks to advance in philosophy? |
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| What is Thales reffered to as? |
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| What island did Thales live on? |
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| A oneness, a common substance |
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| What was Thales trying to find in the world? |
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| What are tha four elements the ancient Greeks believed in? |
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| Water, it changed the most of all the elements. |
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| What did Thales believe everything was made of and why? |
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| Who said " The first principle and most basic nature of all things is water." |
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| The practice of taking something complex, peeling back the layers and looking at the basic elements. |
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| He thought that water was the opposite of fire, so fire couldn't be made from water. |
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| Why didn't Anaximander believe Thales theory about water. |
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| Boundless or Apeiron- a void of being everything came from and will one day return to. |
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| What was Anaximanders theory |
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| What scientific theory was Anaximanders theory very similar to? |
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| it was and act of injustice. |
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| What did Anaximander believe about creation. |
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| from nothing there is nothing |
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| all things will seek a state of equilibreum. |
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| who was the student of Anaximander? |
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| Whos theories did Anaximenes base his theory on? |
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| What did Anaximenes believe was the unifying element? |
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| What was the group Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes called? |
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| They leap philosophy forward, they looked for a simple explaination for everything, they realied on observations, they were committed to naturalism, |
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| What did Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes have in common? |
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| When you use natural phenomena to explain things. |
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| the idea that there is only one kind of stuff. oneness |
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| The persians conquered the island, and got rid of the school. |
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| how did the school of miletus end. |
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| How did Pythagrian believe the universe would be explained? |
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| How many thing did Pythagoras believe would be in the immediate vicinity of Earth? |
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| What was Pythagoras' contribution to the arts? |
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| What did Heraclitus say the nature of the world was? |
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| Who said "you can never said you can't step in the same river once?" |
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| Who said "You can never step in the same river once?" |
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| uncreated, indestructable, unchanging, unmoving |
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| what did Parmenides say being was? |
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| Who believed that all ideas that could be concieved of were real? |
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| Who tried to prove Parmenides correct? |
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| Zeno's idea that something can be divided in half forever |
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| using senses to make observations and predictions about the world |
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| using logic to make predictions about the world |
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| What did Empedocles believe were the prime movers? |
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| What did Anaxagoras believe there were? |
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| Infinite seeds that everything came from |
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| An inteligent mental organizing force |
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| Anaxagoras' idea that things could be living or non living based on what they think somthing can look like. ( people can think bricks look a certain way, so bricks are inorganic) |
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| What did Froid believe were the prime movers? |
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| What two philosophers came up with the idea that there could be atoms? |
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| physical reality of things |
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| act of justifying something through logic. |
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| who said Homo mensura and what does it translate to? |
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| Protagoras, it means man is the measure |
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| there is nothing. If there anything no one could know it. if anyone did know it they couldn't communicate it. |
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| what did thrasymachus say? |
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| justice is in the intrest of the strong. |
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| who were the most cynical of the sophists. |
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| what is the justification for tyranny? |
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| desire for power, the goal of all things is survival, if you survive you seek pleasure, pleasure is good, indirectly making power good. |
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| believing in no value system |
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| Who never wrote anything? |
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| Which philosopher was a soldier? |
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| who said the unexamined life is not worth living? |
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| Who said wine dear boy and truth? |
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| what is the socratic method? |
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| Asking questions to lead someone in a certain direction |
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| what did socrates cause young people to do? |
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| argue with and question their parents |
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| what was socrates put on trial for? |
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| corrupting the youth of athens |
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| who wrote the apology of socrates? |
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| how did socrates spend his last night? |
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| answering his students questions |
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| who was socrates student? |
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| who created the allegory of the cave? |
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| how did plato want to organize society? |
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| smartest people would be philosopher kings, strongest would be warriors, those who were not smart or strong would become workers. |
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| What are the four classic elements most Greeks beleived in? |
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| Earth, air, fire, and water. |
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