Greek Unit 8+9
What was Scipio Africans known for?
- Defeating Carthage in the 2nd Punic War at the battle of Zama in 202 BC - Sitting for long hours in the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus communing with the god
In Cicero's Dream of Scipio, what is the implied significan of having Africanus appear in dream
- He is like the funeral mask that Aemilianus remember seeing - a sort of imitation - He is a model of virtue for Aemilianus to imitate, an exemplum in the Roman theory - His presence is a kind proof that the soul lives on after death
Why does lucreitus write De rerum natura in(verse) poetry?
- He means to reference Empedocles' on nature from 400 yrs earlier - To suggest that the goal of life is to live by the standard of what brings pleasure - His doctrines are bitter and poetry is like the honey on the cup to help the wormwood god won
How does the Stoic conception of the 'Communit of men and gods' inform Cicero's Dream of Scipio
- It explains how we are to act in this life - It is the 2nd community the wise inhabit
What is Epicurus attitude toward conventional myth based religion
- It is all lie/made-up function - He does not believe anyone goes to Tartarus or Acheron
Why is athenian plague perhaps an appropriate way for Lucretius to end De rerum natura
- It proves that when pushed to extremely, men will reveal that they do not actually believe religious practice will save them or that their pagan gods are real - It proves that customs and shame and all other aspects of nomos are not necessary and not part of nature; and it part rays a death in nature of the civilization he just built, just as his beginning had portrayed how life comes at nature approach - He has merely shown the triumph of nature over convention to us without the honey-coating on the rim of the cup. It is the wormwood of his philosophy in all its striking reality
In Ciceros Dream of Scipio, how many planets and spheres are there altogether, and which is at the center of the universe
9,earth
Who was the birth father of Scipio Aemilianus
Aemilius Paulus, conqueror of Greece at the battle of Pydna 168 BC
Who is the father of the Peripatetics and where did they meet
Aristotle in the Lyceum
What is the swerve(clinamen) in Epicurean thought according to Lucretius
Atoms deviate from a straight line path by ones atom
In Cicero's Dream of Scipio, why is it so hard for scipio to live his life from the heavenly perspective Africanus commends to him
Because he reached the pinnacle of fame and power in Rome and enjoyed triumph
Why is Epicurus a hero to Lucretius in his De rerum natura
Because he rescued the state of man from oppression by the terror of death caused by religion
Why is Macrobius Commentary on the Dream of Scipio important to the history of the West
Because it became the main source of Platonism and influenced vergil, dante, michelangelo
In cicero's dream of scipio, why can't Aemilianus go to join his father right away
Because on this lfie we are stationed here by god, underguard or on guard
What is the hedonistic calculus in Epicurean philosophy
Deliberate according to what brings mast pleasure
What is ataraxia in Epicurean philosophy?
Deliberation according to what brings the most land pleasure
Which of the following was not one of Lucretius influences in writing De rerumnatura
Diogenes
In lucretius 'philosophical archeology', what did early man use to woo a woman he desired
Hazelnuts and Pears
Where did the Epicureans meet in anthens
In Epicurus gardens
Which of the following was not one of the things influenced by Epicurean philosophy
Michelangelo last judgement
In Cicero's dream of Scipio, what sound does earth make
None
In Cicero's dream of Scipio, what is the outermost planet known to the ancients, before the invention of the telescope
Saturn
What is the stoic concept of oikeiosis
That nature has adopted/appropriated us; that we are to assimilate our nature to the whole nature; that by growing in reason the human person fulfills its endowment
In Cicero's Dream of Scipio, what is the meaning of the harmony of the spheres
That the planets make musical sounds in fixed ratios by the differing speeds of their orbits
What is Epicurus' interpretation of Plato's idea of 'doing one's own work' from republic
That the wise man will tend his garden with friends
What is the Epicurean attitude toward laws and social compacts
That they should be based on utility and may be different as their usefulness applies or ceases to apply in different times and places
What does Epicurus say is the role of nature in meeting human needs
The natural needs of man are few and easily met, problem not getting what we need, but wanting more, pleasure never increases
What does Lucretius say happens to the soul and mind after death
They dissolve into atoms like the body
What is the highest good for the Stoics, which they associate with happiness
Virtue
What is the Cynic Diogenes alleged to have said to Alexander the Great when the latter asked whether he wanted anything
You are blocking my light
