Sophists Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Prescriptive statements, also known as normative statements, are meant to express truth claims about the way things are. - correct answer false Your friend claims that there is only one, absolute, moral rule: seek power at all costs. Who would agree without qualification? (There is only one option): - correct answer Thrasymachus Why does Moore think the naturalistic fallacy is a mistake? - correct answer A. If we say 'good' refers to a psychological state, then we'll never be able to settl...

COMMRC 0310 Exam Questions with Correct Answers How do Keith and Lundberg define rhetoric? - Answer-the study of producing discourses and interpreting how, when, and why discourses are persuasive Who were the Sophists and why were they important? - Answer-The Sophists were a group of wandering Sicilians that taught Athenians how to speak persuasively with the goal of navigating the courts and senate. They were important because Athenian citizens relied heavily on public speech to deal with ...

Quiz Bowl – Philosophy Latest Update Graded A+ metaphysics study of ultimate reality epistemology study of origin of knowledge ethics study of morals aesthetics study of beauty Thales of Miletus Ionian School (500s BC) all matter is a form of water Anaximander Ionian School (500s BC) student of Thales; all matter is a form of apeiron ("the boundless") Anaximenes Ionian School (500s BC) all matter is a form of air Pythagoras Pythagorean School (500s BC) establ...

COMMRC 0310 Midterm Study Guide (Bannon) Exam Questions And All Correct Answers How do Keith and Lundberg define rhetoric? - Answer -- "The study of producing discourses and interpreting how, when, and why discourses are persuasive" - How discourses get things done in our social world Who were the Sophists and why were they important? - Answer -- They were a group of Sicilians who taught the Athenians how to speak persuasively to navigate the courts and the senate. As they sold their wi...

COMMRC 0310 Final Study Guide Exam Questions And Answers Three characteristic aspects of classical Western rhetoric - Answer -Oral, persuasive, and public Plato's viewpoint on reality - Answer -We cannot know reality except in an ideal, abstract sense Aristotle's viewpoint on reality - Answer -By observation, we can come to know the reality of experiences Dialectic - Answer -A rigorous action between ideas to determine truth Cicillian Sophists - Answer -The first Sophists recogn...

Chapter 3: Ancient Greek Civilization 1. During the Mycenaean civilization, who was the great poet and what were his two important literary works that influenced the Greeks and formed part of Western literature? Homer, Iliad and the Odyssey 2. In a period known as the Dark Ages from 1100 B.C. to 800 B.C., life reverted to simpler forms and people lived in relative isolation. 3. The period from the 9th to the 6th century B.C. is known as the Archaic Age 4. A typical Greek city-state would ...

HUMN I final Exam Questions With Answers The Greek word eudaimonia refers to? the good or flourishing life the Parthenon's 40 foot ivory and gold statue of Athena was intended to represent? Athens political power The Sophists differed from the Pre-Socratics in their focus on? The actions of human beings Socrates differed from the sophists, most notably, in his emphasis on? philosophical wisdom According to Aristotle, a person could come to know universal truths by? Obs...

metaphysics - study of ultimate reality epistemology - study of origin of knowledge ethics - study of morals aesthetics - study of beauty Thales of Miletus - Ionian School (500s BC) all matter is a form of water Anaximander - Ionian School (500s BC) student of Thales; all matter is a form of apeiron ("the boundless") Anaximenes - Ionian School (500s BC) all matter is a form of air Pythagoras - Pythagorean School (500s BC) established school in Crotona, Italy; emphasize...

COMMRC 0310 Exam Questions And Answers How do Keith and Lundberg define rhetoric? - Answer -the study of producing discourses and interpreting how, when, and why discourses are persuasive Who were the Sophists and why were they important? - Answer -The Sophists were a group of wandering Sicilians that taught Athenians how to speak persuasively with the goal of navigating the courts and senate. They were important because Athenian citizens relied heavily on public speech to deal with the ne...

UIL LITERARY CRITICISM EXAM TEST (QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS)2024/2025 According to the essay "Ancient Athenian Drama," before the invention of tragedy there were contests in which rhapsodes recited parts of what works of literature? - CORRECT ANSWER-Homer's Iliad and Odyssey What did Aeschylus supposedly call his own work? - CORRECT ANSWER-"Slices from the feast of Homer" What does the essay say about the entrances and exits of characters in Greek drama? - CORRECT ANSWER-To...