Who provided the Ancient Greeks with their
predominant moral ideals—before the advent of the
Presocratic philosophers?
(a) Poets
(b) Athletes
(c) Heroes
(d) Politicians
(e) None of the above
poet
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Who provided the Ancient Greeks with their
predominant moral ideals—before the advent of the
Presocratic philosophers?
(a) Poets
(b) Athletes
(c) Heroes
(d) Politicians
(e) None of the above | poet |
What is the Greek word for ‘human excellence’?
(a) ARISTEUEIN
(b) HYBRIS
(c) ARETE
(d) DIKE
(e) None of the above | arete |
Who of the seven sages of Ancient Greece was the
first philosopher? | thales |
What, for the ancient Greeks, did KOSMOS mean?
(a) finely-tuned soul
(b) well-ordered structure
(c) properly-balanced body
(d) justly-run state
(e) None of the above | well-ordered structure |
Xenophanes, an important Presocratic intellectual,
but not a philosopher, embraced the morality of
traditional Greek gods and religion.
(a) True
(b) False | false |
Which of the Presocratic philosophers is associated
with a picture of the human condition (i.e. an
‘anthropology’, theory/view of human nature) as a
fall into this world of misery from a primeval state of
bliss?
(a) Anaximander
(b) Empedocles
(c) Thales
(d) Pythagoras
(e) None of the above | Pythagoras |
What is the Greek work for ‘law’?
(a) PSYCHE
(b) SOPHRONEIN
(c) NOMOS
(d) PHYSIS
(e) None of the above | nomos |
Who believed morality depends on society (no universal right/wrong)?
| Answer: The Sophists (like Protagoras)
Why it developed: Different cultures had different beliefs → led to relativism |
Callicles: things are honorable by ______ but not by ______.
| convention (nomos)
nature (physis) |