ch13 Flashcards

1
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God’s chosen people

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Hebrews

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2
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greatest hebrew naturalist, wisest man to ever live

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solomon

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3
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borrowed the wisdom of the ancients and built upon it

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greeks

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4
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advocated an explanation for the origin of life based solely on natural principles; spontaneous generation

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Anaximander

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5
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similar to evolution/ advocated by Anaximander

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Spontaneous generation

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6
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taught the Doctrine of Ideas

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Plato

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7
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the physical world is not genuinely real and therefore changeable and relative

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Doctrine of ideas

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8
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developed doctrine of intellect

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Aristotle

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9
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intellectual speculation is the highest form of reality, and a personal God is left out of the picture

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Doctrine of Intellect

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10
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took over a lot of the earth
One important benefit of their civilization was the spread of knowledge

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Romans

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11
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important benefit of their civilization was the spread of knowledge

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Romans

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12
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wrote Natural History

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Pliny the Elder

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13
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touched on many scientific subjects, including the nature of the heavens, technology, zoology, botany, mineralogy, and medicine

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Natural History

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14
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looked at the anatomy of animals

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Galen

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15
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His work was considered the absolute authority in human anatomy for over a thousand years

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Galen

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16
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During the ____ Ages, a form of Christianity was the official religion in the Western world, but pagan philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, and Pliny continued to be the primary scientific authority

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Middle