HISTORY TRUE AND FALSE

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T/F ANSWERS
1. T Many Greeks were fond of good wide ranging conversation and loved debate and argument
2. T The most creative Greek thinkers believed that questions about the world and their place in it could be answered through speculation and reason
3. F The Greek word Hubris referred to virtue, moderation and self control
4. T Greeks at their best held close to their philosophy in order to actualize their potential in this world
5. F Early Greeks were monotheistic and were above the notions of deities and lesser gods
6. T Gods characterized by Homer were human like in behavior and showed jealousy and favoritism
7. T From the oracle at Delphi, Apollo encouraged the Greeks to follow the ideal of moderation: “know thyself” and “Nothing in excess”
8. T The Orphic and Eleusinian cults became prominent Greek religions based on a story about the death of Dionysus
9. F The Greeks word philosophy meaning love of knowledge referred to a search for a greater understanding of the universe
10. T The first Greek philosophers were called physikoi because their primary interests were learning about the physical world around them
11. F Aristotle changed the path of human knowledge when he insisted that the universe could be explained through natural reasons rather than supernatural reasons
12. T The Greek philosopher Thales concluded that everything in the world is composed of water in different states of matter.
13. T Thales successors proposed that air and fire were the base composition of all things
14. T Pythagoras claimed that the world was constructed of numbers and arithmetical proportions
15. T Philosophical speculation from men such as Anaximander and Xenophanes contradicted traditional views of Greeks
16. F The Sophists aimed to reinforce the traditional views that others were slowly eroding away with new philosophy
17. T The Sophists were masters of the persuasive arts and claimed that following their teachings would lead to great material success
18. T Socrates rose above the sophists by asking questions that he posed using the Socratic method
19. F Socrates was praised as a great man during his time and his new ideas were accepted without question
20. T Socrates was against democracy in his works and for this he was criticized by many fellow citizens
21. T Socrates ultimately was put on trial for introducing new gods into Athens and corrupting the youth
22. F Socrates escaped from an Athenian prison with the help of a close friend and was never heard from again
23. T Plato, unlike his mentor Socrates, believed that the truth can be sought in a more spiritual realm of thought
24. T Plato tells us that truths such as beauty goodness and justice exist apart from the material world of ideas or forms
25. F Plato defines his concept of an ideal state in the republic naming it a Polis
26. F Plato held that men were of greater status than women and that they should not receive equal education, but care for
27. T According to Plato, citizens could only find true happiness by contributing to the community
28. T Aristotle contributed much to Western thought in his efforts to maintain and acquire happiness by revealing the two kinds of virtue intellectual and moral (arête}
29. F Aristotle claims that the state is not necessary to attaining ultimate moral virtue
30. T The scope of Aristotle’s studies ranged from biology to metaphysics and his work held authority until the 16th century
31. F Superstitions about the human body were quickly left behind allowing for advanced medical care well before 400 B.C.

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True/False

1. The polis was not governed by a “divine” ruler, nor were its thoughts restricted by powerful priesthoods.

2. The Athenians disliked debating and arguing, preferring to spend their days feasting and enjoying themselves.

3. As early as 700 BC, the Greeks stressed the virtue of hubris, moderation and self-control, as the key to happiness and fulfillment in life.

4. The philosopher Pythagoras is credited with the statement “Man is the measure of all things.”

5. Early Greek religion abounded in gods and goddesses who personified the forces of nature.

6. From the famous oracle at Delphi, the voice of Zeus’ son Apollo urged all Greeks to follow the idea of moderation: “Nothing in excess” and “Know everything.”

7. Thales insisted that the phenomena of the universe could be explained by natural rather than supernatural causes.

8. Thales caused the search for a universal substrate, an element that composed all physical things.

9. Thales’ search for the universal substrate brought him to the conclusion that air composed all things.

10. The four main substrates theorized were water, air, fire, and earth.

11. By experimenting with a vibrating chord, Pythagoras discovered that musical harmony is based on arithmetical proportions.

12. Socrates’ friend, Chaerephon, journeyed to the oracle at Delphi to ask her who was the wisest of men, to which she replied: “There is no man wiser than Socrates.”

13. Socrates left us no written records but his student, Aristotle, wrote many philosophical dialogues many of which Socrates was the main speaker.

14. Plato put forth his concept of an ideal state in the Republic, in which he described a kind of ideal polis in which the state regulated every aspect of thought.

15. The Hippocratic school adopted the theory that the body contained four liquids-blood, water, bile, and phlegm-whose proper balance was the basis of health.

16. Aristotle wrote that the bodily condition of a woman is naturally weak, rendering them physically incapable of leadership. However, he also stated that with proper schooling a woman could hold a high position, although not as high as a well-schooled man.

17. Herodotus of Halicarnassus often stated, “My duty is to report what has been said, but I do not have to believe it.”

18. When Philip of Macedonia was assassinated in 336 BC, his authority was claimed by his 30-year-old son, Alexander.

19. In 323 BC, Alexander fell mysteriously ill and died at the age of 32.

20. In Hellenistic Egypt, labor was so cheap that slavery hardly existed.

21. The vitality of the polis within the Hellenistic Age was so great that philosophers concerned themselves less with reform and more with pursuit of individual happiness. This led to the rise of four different major schools of philosophy: Skeptics, Cynics, Epics, and Stoics.

22. The Skeptics hoped to achieve freedom from anxiety by stating that all truth was relative, and was thus based on the perspective of the person who spoke it.

23. The Stoics believed that withdrawal from the world was the best way to deal with the miseries of human life.

24. The Epics believed that acts of heroism and attainment of glory was the true road to happiness.

25. The Stoics, followers of Zeno, were one of the more socially acceptable groups of Hellenistic Philosophy.

26. Eratosthenes calculated the exact measure of the earth’s circumference.

27. Aristarchus’ heliocentric theory stated that the earth rotates around its axis and orbits the sun.

28. The Hellenistic Greeks, by tracing outlines of the nervous system, discovered that the brain, and not the heart, is the true center for thought.

29. Euclid systemized the theorems of plane and solid geometry, and also summarized the values of pi.

30. Much of Hellenistic sculpture, with its twisted poses, contorted faces, and swollen muscles, stands in obvious contrast to the works of classical Greece seeking out balance, harmony, and restraint. 

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22. The Skeptics hoped to achieve freedom from anxiety by stating that all truth was relative, and was thus based on the perspective of the person who spoke it.

What was false about this?

the skeptics believed that there was no truth at all

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Were the Physikoi actually philosophers or did they just lead to philosophy?

thanx paul this is really good!

they were philosophers, but they were only reoccupied with the material world. Like later philosophers, they sought wisdom and truth using reason and a rational investigation, and they wanted knowledge about the nature of things. They just didn't seek knowledge about the highest truth or themselves. They sough the primary substrate of the world using reason and rational investigation.

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