Flashcards - 8.2 The Greek Mind

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This person taught that the universe was governed by the same laws as music and numbers.

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Pythagoras

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The word philosophy means...

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"love of wisdom."

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Socrates was an Athenian sculptor whose true love was...

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philosophy.

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After he compared 158 governments to find the best one, who wrote the book Politics?

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Aristotle

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Who is considered to be the "father of history"?

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Herodotus

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Thucydides did not just record the facts of an historical event, he also...

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all of the above

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Plato was student of...

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Socrates

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Plato thought democracy was not the best form of government because...

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He felt common people did not have the wisdom to make good decisions.

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Like Aristotle, the authors of the United States Constitution believed...

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no one person or group should have too much power.

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Plato wrote an important book called...

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The Republic