ANTHROPOLO 150

Anthropology 150 notes UMass Amherst

Ancient Greek Quiz 2 Notes and Answers • What did Heraclitus mean by the claim that "everything flows", or "all is in flux"? - Everything is one - What is the logos, for Heraclitus? ▪ The arrangement of all mater • What role does the logos play in the natural world, according to Heraclitus? - It is a unifier in nature • Explain Heraclitus's claim that "sea is the purest and the most polluted water". - 199: The sea is pure for fish but undrinkable to man • What are ...

Ancient Greek Quiz Chapter 5 Study Questions and notes • According to this image, (a) how does a soul get to be just, and (b) how does each of these creatures relate to one another in a just soul? - A human has most control. He takes care of the beast like a farm animal. He makes the lion his ally. • According to this image, (a) how does a soul get to be unjust, and (b) what is the relationship between these three creatures in an unjust soul? - He feeds the beast and the lion, starvin...

Ancient Greek Quiz 1 Notes Questions and Answers • What is the technical word for the study of knowledge? - Epistemology • What is the technical word for the study of being, i.e., of what there is or exists? - Ontology - What is the technical name for the Milesian philosophers' view that there is only one archê, and it is something physical? (two words) - Monism • What is the principle of parsimony? - If something can explain a lot with a little, it's more powerful - What is th...

Ancient Greek Quiz 4 Notes Questions and Answers • What image does Socrates introduce (Republic Book VI) in order to explain why the philosopher appears to be useless? - A stargazer on a ship • According to Socrates (Republic Book VI), why do philosophers appear to be vicious? Be sure to state the cause. - They are vicious because they are a good seed fallen into bad soil. If things were set up so that they could thrive they wouldn't be. • According to Socrates (Republic Book VI...

Ancient Greek Quiz 6 Questions and Answers • What are two of the reasons Socrates gives in the Apology for why he does not fear death? - Considerations of life and death are selfish and unimportant next to considerations of justice. He also does not know what awaits him in the afterlife so he does not fear it. - Socrates claims that no harm can come to a good man. What does he mean? - Harm is in the soul • According to Socrates, why has he decided not to use pity as a defense tactic...

Ancient Greek Quiz 3 Study Questions and answers • What are the archai, for the atomists? (Hint: there are 2) - Atoms and void • What are the three ways in which being can differ, according to the atomists? What are these differences supposed to explain? - Things appear different to us than animals (one person doesn't make same judgements as another concerning senses). What is true and false is unclear (either nothing is true, or it is unclear to us). Senses (nothing that appears is ...

Ancient Greek Writing Assignment Notes Chapter 8 • Plato - Ancient Greek philosopher lived in Athens in 428 BC-348 BC. Student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle. His "Republic" is famous work on politics, human nature and philosophy. Known for the Academy in Athens, first institution of higher learning in western world. • "Republic" - Influential work by Plato. Showed overall disapproval of democracy and oligarchy. Suggests that a "philosopher king" who is virtuous and all kno...

ANTHROPOLO 150 Midterm Study Guide Ashmore, W., and R. Sharer (2003) Archaeology: Discovering our Past. - This article talks about the origins of archeology and anthropology, showing the comparisons and differences between archeology and history; especially how anthropology and archeology are the study of people and the common man, while history focuses more on the elite and glorified times in our past. Kohl, P. (1998) Nationalism and Archaeology: On the Constructions of Nations and the ...