WH Quiz 6

1. Who was the first philosopher to say that the world came into existence without any gods?

• 1. Thales

• 1. Anaximander

• 1. Hippocrates

• 1. Pythagoras

Which philosopher thought that the world was not created by gods, but from an unknown supernatural force?

• 1. Thales

• 1. Anaximander

• 1. Hippocrates

• 1. Pythagoras

Who was the first philosopher to think that diseases had natural causes?

• 1. Thales

• 1. Anaximander

• 1. Hippocrates

• 1. Pythagoras

Which philosopher thought the world had a perfect mathematical order?

• 1. Thales

• 1. Anaximander

• 1. Hippocrates

• 1. Pythagoras

What did Thales think was the “original source” for all things?

• 1. Fire

• 1. Rock

• 1. Water

• 1. An indefinite force or the “infinite” (apeiron)

What was Anaximander’s relationship to Thales?

• 1. Anaximander was Thales’ student

• 1. Anaximander was Thales’ brother

• 1. Thales was Anaximander’s father

• 1. Thales was Anaximanders intellectual rival

Where do our records of Anaximander’s ideas come from?

• 1. Anaximander diligently wrote them all down

• 1. Thales wrote down all of Anaximander’s ideas

• 1. None of his ideas were written down and our knowledge of him comes from references to his work made by Socrates

• 1. His students persevered his ideas

True or False: Pythagoras and his students believed that everything (including justice, honor, soul, and reason) could be expressed by numbers

• 1. True

• 1. False

What is “reason”?

• 1. New myths that didn’t include gods

• 1. Explanations of the world, based on observation and physical evidence, that did not include gods or myths

• 1. A religion based on math

• 1. “Season” but with an “r”

True or False: Reason and faith can work together

• 1. True

• 1. False