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Sophies World flashcards
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Philosophy
Undergraduate 1
01/31/2011

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What is the main characters name?
Definition
Sophie Amundsen
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Friends name?
Definition
Joanna
Term
First letter question?
Definition
"Who are you?"
Term
Second letter question?
Definition
"Where does the world come from?"
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Where does Sophie go to think?
Definition
Her Den
Term
Where is the postcard from?
Definition
Lebanon
Term
Who is the postcard from?
Definition
Hildes father (happy birthday)
Term
What does the letter the next day contain?
Definition
Three pages on philosophy
Term
What does her mother think about her thoughts?
Definition
She thinks shes on drugs
Term
What does sophies mother think the letters are?
Definition
Love letters
Term
Greeks believed the world was...?
Definition
Eternal
Term
Natural philosophers believed...?
Definition
Everything came from a substance. Water, earth, etc.
Term
Parmenides was the first...?
Definition
Rationalist
Term
Parmenides believed?
Definition
Nothing changes
Term
Heraclitus believed...?
Definition
Nothing stayed the same
Term
Empedocles believed...?
Definition
There were four basic substances and that all changes are the result of intermingling of the four
Term
Empedocles seperated...?
Definition
Force and substance
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Anaxagoras was from?
Definition
Athens
Term
Anaxagoras believed?
Definition
Nature was made up of infinitesimal particles, each containing a whole of everything. (each cell has DNA)
Term
Democritus believed?
Definition
Everything was made of tiny particles called atoms.
Term
What style were the Greeks?
Definition
Fatalists
Term
What do fatalists believe?
Definition
World is predetermined
Term
What are the two items to trust?
Definition
Senses and reason
Term
What year were the Mycenians around?
Definition
1600-1100 BC
Term
What were some Mycenian city parts?
Definition
Central governments
Palaces
Commerce
Wrote in "Linear B"
Term
Homer wrote?
Definition
Odyssey and Illiad
Term
Hesiad wrote?
Definition
Theogony, Works and Days
Term
Who was the first philosopher?
Definition
Thales
Term
When was the dorians invasion?
Definition
1100 BC
Term
When were the dark ages?
Definition
1100-750BC
Term
What type of city formed in 750BC? Example?
Definition
Polis. Athens, Sparta.
Term
What did Thales say about the arche?
Definition
"Water is the arche"
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What did aneximandor say about the arche?
Definition
"The apeiron is the arche" (boundless, limitless)
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What did aneximenes say about the arche?
Definition
"Arche is aer" (air)
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What are the order of the elements?
Definition
Earth, water, air, fire
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What are the two way to "gain" substance?
Definition
Condensate - loose to dense
Rare-ify - dense to loose
Term
A qualitive change is based on ___?
Definition
quantity
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