Intro To Philosophy 9-20-26

This student of Parmenides attempted to demonstrate the illusion of motion, known as Zeno's paradox.

Zeno

This philosopher believed the universe is made of water.

Thales

Who predicted the abundance of the olive harvest and bought all the olive presses?

Thales

Love and strife are the binding forces of the universe.

Empedocles

Who believed that everything consisted of fire?

Heraclitus

Which philosopher believed in a static universe and threw himself into a volcano to become a part of the one?

Empedocles

Which philosopher argued that every philosopher before him was wrong?

Anaximander

Who argued that existing things make reparations to each other?

Anaximander

Which philosopher argued for the existence of atoms?

Democritus

Who was the first philosopher according to Aristotle?

Thales

Who measured the height of the pyramids?

Thales

Who said change was an illusion?

Parmenides

Who said there is unity in division?

Heraclitus

Who argued that becoming is to presuppose a sort of unbecoming?

Parmenides

Who argued that everything is made up of numbers?

Pythagoras

Which philosopher didn't see a relationship between God and man and preferred scientific thinking?

Xenophanes

What did Heraclitus believe everything consisted of?

Fire

What did Heraclitus say about the river?

You cannot step in the same river twice.

What did Heraclitus believe about change?

Everything is in constant motion/change.

What did Heraclitus say about matter?

You cannot create or destroy matter.

What book did Aristotle write about matter?

Physics

What comes after Physics in Aristotle's works and concerns the non-material?

Metaphysics

What is the movement from potential to actual?

Change/progress/development

What does Prolegomena mean?

A new first step

Who rejected Thales' theory that water was the fundamental substance?

Anaximander

What did Anaximander believe finite things originate from?

The infinite/indeterminate/boundless

What did Anaximander say existing things do to one another?

Make reparation for injustice according to the ordinance of time

Which philosopher argued for the existence of atoms?

Democritus

What were the two binding forces discussed in Empedocles' philosophy?

Love and Strife

What did Empedocles believe about the universe?

He believed in a static universe.

What philosopher was associated with Mount Etna?

Empedocles

What was Aristotle's idea of potential to actual?

Change/progress/development