WorksheetsHistory of Ancient Philosophy
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
(a) is the main plaza and marketplace of a Greek city-state where discussions usually took place.
Protagoras advocated the idea that no knowledge can be properly conveyed from one person to another because words do not carry with them the things which they refer.
True
False
They were the traveling teachers who claim to be teachers of rhetoric; they taught their students for pay.
(a)
The sophist who believed that people who have the most power are in a position to dictate what is called just or not.
(a)
Democracy flourished in which Greek city-state?
Corinth
Athens
Adelphos
Sparta
The skeptic sophist that believed that nothing exists.
Zeno of Elea
Prodicus
Protagoras
Gorgias
In a sophistic argument, (a) is what occurs when a person is concerned only about victory regardless of the truth.
The sophists believed that traditional morality was based only on convention.
True
False
In a sophistic argument, (a) refers to the opposition of one proposition.
"Physis" refers to ____.
laws
agreement
nature
convention
Give one of the two sophists that believed that “might makes right.”
Thrasymachus
Prodicus
Callicles
Hippias
He proposed the homo mensura philosophy.
(a)
Skepticism and success generally marked the sophists’ teachings.
True
False
"Nomos" refers to ____.
nature
convention
He does not subscribe to law because for him, laws are like tyrants that go against human nature.
Protagoras
Hippias
Zeno of Elea
Pythagoras
The influx of various cultures into Athens never caused the decline of the ideal respect for Athenian laws, religion, and customs.
True
False
Generally, the sophists’ philosophy was anchored on objective truth.
True
False
If something exists, it can never be known.
Pythagoras
Protagoras
Hippias
Gorgias
In Hippias' analysis of the development of human societies, he posited that cities were formed for self-defense.
True
False
All beliefs and opinions are equally valid for ________.
Pythagoras
Protagoras
Hippias
Gorgias
For ________, it is impossible to contradict because a person who contradicts the truth has no meaning at all.
Thrasymachus
Antiphon
Callicles
Prodicus
Like Hippias, (a) prefers physis over nomos. He believed that in a democracy, laws should be revised so that they are in line with human nature.
