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WorksheetsSOCSCI 4 (The Sophists)
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 31mins
They were a group of rhetoricians who travel from city to city charging admission to their lectures.
(a)
What era was the Sophists?
(a)
What is the modern term for sophists?
(a)
What is rhetoric?
Who studied rhetoric?
(a)
The most famous Sophist who taught that the way to achieve success is through a careful and prudent acceptance of traditional customs.
Protogoras
Gorgias
Thrasymachus
Callicles
He believed that all customs were relative, not absolute
Protogoras
Gorgias
Thrasymachus
Callicles
“Man is the measure of all things.” He was indicted for blasphemy by the Athenians.
Protagoras
Gorgias
Thrasymachus
Callicles
He wanted to dethrone philosophy and replace it with rhetoric.
Protagoras
Gorgias
Thrasymachus
Callicles
He is not teaching to search for a truth but to win an arguments.
Gorgias
He was famous by his non-existent theses.
1. There is nothing.
2. If there were anything, no one could know it.
3. If anyone did know it, no one could communicate it.
Protagoras
Gorgias
Thrasymachus
Callicles
He was known for his claim “Justice is in the interest of the stronger”
Protagoras
Gorgias
Thrasymachus
Callicles
He once said that “might makes right”
Protagoras
Gorgias
Thrasymachus
Callicles
He is the nemesis of Socrates. He was the main target of Socrates method of questioning.
Protagoras
Gorgias
Thrasymachus
Callicles
He believed that traditional morality is just a clever way for the weak masses to shackle the strong individual.
Protagoras
Gorgias
Thrasymachus
Callicles
“What matters is power, not justice.” He said that traditional Greek virtue of moderation is for the simple and the feeble.
Protagoras
Gorgias
Thrasymachus
Callicles
The man who overturned the democracy and temporarily established an oligarchical dictatorship.
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Critias
He once said that ruler controls subject by encouraging their fear of nonexistent gods.
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Critias
“What matters is not truth but manipulation and expediency”
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Critias
Who were The Big Three of Western Philosophy?
Socrates, Plato, & Aristotle
Protagoras, Gorgias, & Callicles
Socrates, Plato, & Critias
He was considered the foremost philosopher of ancient times and made great contributions to the field of ethics.
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
The most important virtues according to Socrates:
Courage
Justice
Piety
Temperance
The famous statement of Socrates; “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
(a)
He spent much of his time in the streets and marketplace of Athens. He offended many powerful figures in Athens. He was known as the gadfly of Athens.
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Who is the most important disciple of Socrates?
(a)
He was the first in the history of Western civilization to publish philosophy.
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
The one who wrote Socrates’ life, debates, dialogues, and even his trial and execution.
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
What is the first university that Plato founded?
(a)
Plato was known for writing several books but the most famous is the book is?
(a)
Plato was known by his concept of idealism called?
(a)
It is a spiritual relationship between two people with common interests, and similar worldviews.
(a)
He emphasized the importance of education. He believed children should be taught early on to always seek wisdom and to live a virtuous life.
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
He is one of the students who attended in Academy, and was prominent student of Plato.
(a)
He disagree about the idea of his teacher (Plato) regarding about the Theory of Forms.
Plato
Socrates
Aristotle
He believed that ideas and views are based on what we can sense and perceived.
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
What is the name of the school that Aristotle founded?
(a)
Father of Biology
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Aristotle said to attain the ______________, aiming always to act in a __________.
Golden mean to avoid extreme; moderate fashion
Silver mean to avoid extreme; modern fashion
Bronze mean to have excellence; fashion icon
Tripartite Soul:
Brain =
Heart =
Stomach =
Rational/Logical
Spirited/Emotional
Appetitive/Physical Desires
Rational/Brain
Spirited/Heart
Appetitive/Stomach
Rational/Logic
Spirited/Emotions
Appetitive/Physical Desires
What is the English meaning of flora & fauna?
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It is a knowledge comes from observation of the physical world around us.
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Through logic, Aristotle formulated a three-step argument called?
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Aristotle believed that all things in the universe has its purpose and function known as?
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The fourfold explanation of Doctrine of the Four Causes:
What is it made of? (the material cause)
Who made it? (the efficient cause)
What is its essence? (the formal cause)
Why does it exist? (the final cause)
