pre-socratics and sophists test review

which presocratic philosopher believed in the world “struggled”; the boundless

Anaximander

which presocratic philosopher believed everything was made up of air?

Anaximines

how did philosophy emerge from greece?

when thinkers try to explain their natural environment and their experiences in more rational/ scientific ways

which presocratic philosopher is considered the father of philosophy?

Thalmes

which presocratic philosopher believed in reincarnation?

pythagoras

which presocratic philosopher denied the concept of change “everything simply is”

parmenides

which presocratic philosopher associates music, math, and philosophy

pythagoras

what was the most important element for heraclitus?

fire

which presocratic philosopher believed reality is one, and change is an illusion?

Parmenides

which presocratic philosopher said “you can’t step in the same river twice”?

heraclitus

which presocratic philosopher believed the “harmony of the heavenly spheres”?

pythagoras

which presocratic philosopher believed that our senses tell us things are changing?

parmenides

what does philosophy mean?

love of wisdom

identify the 2 attitudes of life by the sophists

skepticism and relativism

which presocratic philosophers though the body was evil, and you have to purify your soul?

pythagoras

Which presocratic philosopher believed everything was changing? (logos)

heraclitus

which presocratic philosopher used the nature of atoms base our perception?

democritus

which presocratic philosopher believed the world is made of atoms + the void?

democritus

which presocratic wrote and talked in riddles?

heraclitus

which thinker was a sophist?

protagoras and gorgias

which presocratic philosopher believed in the 4 elements (fire, water, earth, air)

empedocles

which sophist believed in no such thing as objective truth?

gorgias

most famous saying of protagoras

“as for the gods, I have no way of knowing if they exist or if they do not exist, for the obstacles to that knowledge are many, including the obscurity of the matter, as well as the brevity of human life.”

what was protagoras’ famous quote?

“man is the measure of all things”

which sophist said “as for the gods… brevity of human life”

protagoras