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phil- The Presocratic Sophos questions and answers 2023
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phil- The Presocratic Sophos questions and answers 2023 As early Greek civilization became increasingly refined and sophisticated (c. 500 b.c.e.), a new kind of thinker emerged, known as a sophos, from the Greek word for "wise." These "wise men"(and they were almost exclusively men) asked increasingly sophisticated questions about all sorts of things, but especially about natural processes and the origins and essence of life. Although mythology and religion continued to play important roles...
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(2) The Pre-Socratic Sophos questions and answers
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(2) The Pre-Socratic Sophos questions and answers Ethnocentrism Greek roots: 'the race or group is the center" Belief that the customs and beliefs of one's own culture are inherently superior to all others. Ethnocentric individuals see their ways as inherently superior to all others. "The gods speak out language, look like us, are our colour. Our family practices are natural, others are deviant." Barbarian Greek roots: 'bar-bar' noise used to mock dialects. Originall...
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ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHY CLASS REVIEW
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THIS DOCUMENT INCLUDES THE "BIG 3" PHILOSOPHERS (SOCRATES, ARISTOTLE, AND PLATO), AS WELL AS GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ANCIENT PERIOD, THE PRESOCRATICS, SOPHISTS, THE STOICS, AND MORE. ADDITIONALLY, IT INCLUDED BRIEF EXPLANATIONS OF READINGS SUCH AS PLATO'S REPUBLIC, THE APOLOGY, ARISTOPHANES, THE ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE, AND MORE.
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ECTION A [50 marks] The question in this section is compulsory. 1. Write an essay {maximum 1000 words} in which in light of your studies this semester, provide a detailed answer to the following interrelated questions (which must form the main sections of your essay). (i) What is Western philosophy? (ii) What value, if any, can it in your opinion contribute to South African society? [in answering this question, you are encouraged to make recourse to etymology, branches, history and histor...
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The Cosmology of Pythagoreans: The Philolaic System
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The most celebrated of the Presocratics was Pythagoras of Samos (c. 550 500 BC) (Pe385). He was certainly a real person as near contemporaries refer to him (Fu49) He is supposed to have left his native, an island in the Aegean, and travelled in the Near East (Pe16ff). Later Pythagoras is supposed to have settled at Croton in southern Italy and founded a school or a movement. The movement certainly existed and even held political power at times in Croton and Metapontum (also in southern Italy) in...
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