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Greek Philosophers Flashcards

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Who was good at speech?

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Alcibiades

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Who talked their way into Sparta, then left and talked their way back into Athens?

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Alcibiades

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Who learned from Plato?

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Alcibiades and Aristotle

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3
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Who is known as a Greek traitor?

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Alcibiades

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Who loved politics?

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Thales

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Where is Thales from?

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Miletus

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6
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“All life comes from the ocean”

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Thales

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7
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Where is Miletus?

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In the Black Sea

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8
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“What exists in all things are little gods”

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Thales

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9
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Stars were consistent

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Thales

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10
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“The fundamental substance is water”

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Thales

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11
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Similar to an atomic physicist

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Thales

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12
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Where is Anaximander from

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Miletus

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13
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Who writes the first prose writing book?

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Anaximander

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14
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“The first element and cause of all things is the infinite”

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Anaximander

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When you die, where does Anaximander think you go?

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The infinite

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16
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“Water is just one of many elements”

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Anaximander

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17
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Who developed the Pythagorean theorem?

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Pythagoras

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18
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What was sacrificed during the festivals after the Pythagorean theorem was discovered?

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An ox

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19
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“The fundamental substance is numbers”

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Pythagoras

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20
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Where is Pythagoras from?

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Samos

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21
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“You shouldn’t stir fire with iron”

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Pythagoras

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22
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“There is a guiding force in the universe that you try to get your mind to understand”

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Theos by Pythagoras

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23
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“It’s important to make your bed”

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Pythagoras

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24
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What is Pythagoras’ perfect number?

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10

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25
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How were there 10 planets?

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Pythagoras made up anti-earth

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26
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What does Pythagoras’ school teach?

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Politics, religion, philosophy, science, and math

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27
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“Never touch a white chicken”

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Pythagoras

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28
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Who believed in reincarnation?

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Pythagoras

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29
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Didn’t believe in eating meat or beans

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Pythagoras

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30
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What country strongly influenced Pythagoras?

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India

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31
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Who was the dark philosopher?

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Herodotus

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32
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Where is Herodotus from?

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Ephesus

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33
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“People need to be awake to learn effectively”

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Herodotus

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34
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“Life is an ongoing struggle to make sense of something that is always changing”

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Herodotus

35
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What is zeno’s paradox?

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A very long, false, complex mathematical paradox

36
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“Life is a room you can never leave until you die”

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Zeno

37
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“All existence is an illusion”

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Zeno

38
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Are all sophists equal?

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No

39
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How many sophists were there?

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Several hundred

40
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“What is justice?”

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Sophists

41
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What is rhetoric and who taught it?

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Sophists taught it; it’s language to make a point or win an argument

42
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What is sophistry?

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To make something up for your own interest

43
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What was the sophists’ goal?

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To teach people to think

44
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What is a sophist?

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A traveling teacher

45
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Who did the oracle at Delphi call the wisest man in Greece?

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Socrates

46
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What was Socrates’ reply to the oracle at Delphi?

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“If I am smarter than others, it is only because I know that I know nothing.”

47
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Who does Socrates teach?

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Plato

48
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“Philosophy should be to find out what’s actually true”

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Socrates

49
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Why wasn’t Socrates popular?

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He made people who thought they were smart feel dumb

50
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What was Socrates’ time period?

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470-499 B.C.

51
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Why did Socrates die?

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The Athenians killed him because he was blamed for losing the war

52
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Why did Socrates hate the sophists?

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They weren’t committed to the truth

53
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What is teaching by asking questions called?

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The Socratic method

54
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Why did kids love Socrates?

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He taught them to question their parents

55
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What was Socrates charged with?

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Corrupting the youth.

56
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Why didn’t Plato like art?

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It is a way of deceiving

57
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What is plato’s most famous work?

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The republic of Plato

58
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What school did Plato form?

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The academy

59
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What is the simile of the cave by Plato?

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Your senses only give you an illusion of what’s real

60
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Who teaches Aristotle?

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Plato

61
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What did the academy teach?

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Philosophy, science, and Christianity.

62
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Who was the most important thinker of the western world?

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Plato

63
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What is aristotle’s most famous work?

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The politics

64
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Who created syllogism?

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Aristotle

65
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What is deductive reasoning?

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Logic thinking

66
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What is inductive thinkin?

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Scientific thinking

67
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Who taught Alexander the Great?

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Aristotle

68
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Who created the Lyceum?

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Aristotle

69
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What does the Lyceum teach?

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Modern biology, psychology, logic, the arts, poetry, and math

70
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Who created modern political theory?

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Aristotle

71
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How long did Aristotle study at The Academy?

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Until his mid-30s

72
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What makes a great play?

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It occurs in one day in the play and is about royal people

73
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Who classified everything?

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Aristotle

74
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Who loved the arts?

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Aristotle

75
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Who made proofs?

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Euclid

76
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Who developed Euclidean geometry?

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Euclid

77
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Who was an early engineer and master of physics who discovered density?

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Archimedes

78
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Who emphasized pulleys and levers?

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Archimedes

79
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Who designed a working steam engine?

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Archimedes

80
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“Eureka!”

A

Archimedes

81
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Who lived in a jar?

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Diogenes

82
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Who liked the simple life?

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Diogenes

83
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Stoicism

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Don’t let your emotions get in the way of reason

84
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Skepticism

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Doesn’t trust anything they don’t experience

85
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Cynic

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The whole world is false

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