Study Guide-Exam 1
I. You should be able to identify and provide brief answers about the following.
II. You will be asked to write an essay of 300-400 words on one of the
following.
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Describe some of the ways in which Pythagoreanism has influenced our view
of reality.
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How does Heraclitus make use of the notion of Logos? How does it
relate to the problem of change?
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Which of the pre-Socratics has the strongest possible response to the arguments
of Parmenides and Zeno? Are the responses successful? How?
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Explain at least three different pre-Socratic attempts to account for being
and becoming. Which of the three is the most insightful?
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Explain at least two different pre-Socratic attempts to account for the
relation between the one and the many. Which of the two is the most
insightful?