Exam 2 Flashcards
According to Aristotle what is not a source of movement?
The Plant Soul
According to Aristotle’s Physics the term “Motion” is discussed. What is not definition?
Reason
According to Aristotle’s Categories what is not listed as an Aristotelian Category?
Of color
According to Aristotle what is the “potential” for existence of “finite things?
The material substratum
According to Aristotle’s On the Soul “that in the soul which is called thought is - before it thinks” what?
Not actually any real thing
According to Aristotle what is the “actuality” at which all individuals (i.e. humans) orient themselves?
The unmoved mover
According to Aristotle’s On the Soul what happens to “thought” after it attains “knowledge?”
It can think of itself
According to Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics the “Syllogism” is the basis of all scientific knowledge. What is not true?
It is composed of Premises and Conclusion based on Opinion
According to Aristotle what term means to “quest for the next higher or ultimate existence?”
Epistrophe
According to Aristotle what is not a “terrestrial element?”
Aether
According to Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics how do we attain “moral virtue?”
Aim at the median in the emotions and in actions
In Epictetus’ Encheiridion we see arguments on how men should comport themselves. What would be a statement made by a “True Stoic?”
“I am richer than you are; therefore my possessions are better than yours.”
According to Epictetus’ Encheiridion “Illness is an impediment to the body, but not to [what]?”
The Will
Epictetus states bodies are a combination of what two “fundamental principles?”
Logos and Physis
According to Marcus Aurelius the universe is not governed by what?
Illogic
What things have “Logos” as their “governing principle” according to Epictetus?
Humans
For Epictetus what is the “creative principle?”
Physis
For both Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius what is not the “goal of life?”
Monetary Wealth
Although man’s acts are necessitated how does Marcus Aurelius state individuals become “free?”
Acting Rationally
According to Epictetus’ Encheiridion “what is proper for us to do is for the most part defined by… [what]?”
Social relationships
According to Marcus Aurelius what should the “rational individual” not fear?
Death
In Epictetus’ Encheiridion what within the world is “intrinsically evil?”
Nothing
What does Plotinus state is not “left behind” at salvation?
The One/Divine
According to Saint Augustine’s “What We Are To Believe” what group in specific does he speak against?
Philosophers
According to Aquinas God is not only the “first cause” of all motion He is also the “concurrent cause.” What does this mean?
God is Omniscient, Omnipotent & Omnipresent
According to Augustine what is the main way acceptable toward “salvation?”
The church
According to Plotinus what is the “most important and real?”
Soul
Augustine in Confessions (Book XI) - Time and Eternity states “but how can a future which does not yet exist dwindle or be used up, and how can a past which no longer exists grow?”
The mind expects, attends, and remembers
According to Plotinus within his Enneads he speaks of the qualities of a “virtuous soul.” What is not a way in which one can “see and know its loveliness?”
Cling to all that is worldly
Augustine in The City of God (Book XII) states “what makes the ‘will’ evil?”
A desertion from God
According to Aquinas what is the “potential” for existence of “finite things?”
The material substratum
According to Plotinus’ The Enneads he speaks of “souls” and “The Beauty” what is most important?
The Beauty
In Summa Theologica Aquinas speaks of God and the “effects of laws.” How do “laws” work on the mind of men?
Compels through fear of punishment
According to Aquinas what is not representative of the existence of God?
Self-evident to reason
Within Saint Augustine’s “What We Are To Believe” what is the main thrust of the excerpt?
Faith is of utmost importance
According to Aquinas what comprises the “substance” of finite things?
Form and Matter
According to Augustine’s The City of God (Book XII) - Chapter II “since God is supreme being- that is - since He supremely is and therefore is immutable it follows that He gave ‘being’ to all that He created [how]; not however [what]?”
From nothing; absolute being
According to Aquinas where do “ideas” exist?
In Things
What is not a portion of the metaphysical “Augustinian schema?”
Reason
For Epicurus of what does the “good and virtuous life consist?
Pursuit of Pleasure: Avoidance of Pain
In Epicurus’ Principal Doctrines what is not stated about “pleasure?”
The means which produce pleasures is never Bad
In Mill’s Utilitarianism, he speaks of the “Greatest Happiness Principle.” What is not representative of this doctrine
Unhappiness is sometimes equivalent the Pleasure
In Epicurus’ Principal Doctrines, “[What]… [as it] arise[s] from nature is a pledge of mutual advantage to restrain men from harming one another and save them from being harmed?”
Justice
According to J.S. Mill’s Utilitarianism “The Creed [GHP] which accepts as the foundations of [what]… holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness?”
Morals
Epicurus states the universe is made of what?
Matter and Void
In Epicurus’ Letter to Menoeceus, which of the following is not a description of the “Principles of the Good Life?”
The Gods contain the same Virtues as men
Given the existence of “Evil,” Mill states God is what?
Limited
In Epicurus’ Letter to Menoeceus what is not a description of the “wise man?”
Seeks to escape Life
In Mill’s Utilitarianism what concept is most important?
Wrongful interference of each other’s Freedom
In Epicurus’ Principal Doctrines man could not attain “pleasures unalloyed (e.g. pure pleasures) without the knowledge of what?,
Philosophy
For Mill what is “intrinsically good?”
Pleasure
In Mill’s Utilitarianism what is not used to determine “the value of pleasures?”
Faith
What are Epicurus’ criteria for knowledge?
Clear View and Non-Contradiction
In Mill’s Utiliatrianism, what is not representative of the “end of human action?”
Self-Sacrifice
For Epicurus where is “true pleasure” to be found?
Imperturbability
