The Hellenistic era
True or False: Epicurus argues the worst evil is Physical pain and torment
False
True or False: Epicurus claims that death is nothing to us bc the soul is immortal
False
True or False: Hedonism is identical with gluttony
False
True or False: The ideal stoic is someone who is completely emotionless
False
True or False: according to the skeptic Sextus Empiricus, nothing can be known
False
True or False: stoicism is the view that we are in charge of our future
False
True or False: the skeptic Sextus Empiricus endorses the view that our lack of knowledge should motivate us to seek absolute truth
False
Atomism is the belief that reality consist of a(n) ______ number, indivisible bits called atoms moving rapidly in a(n) _______ void
Infinite; infinite
Epicurus equates ______ with an unperturbed soul
Pleasure and the absence of pain
______ is the thought to be the original skeptic
Pyrrho
______ is the view that we lack knowledge in some fundamental way
Skepticism
the only real harm that can be done to a person, according to ________, its self-inflicted injury to a study by lack of virtue
Stoics
The skeptic claims that the most reasonable response to a lack of knowledge is ________
Suspending Judgment
The only real harm that can be done to a person, according to ______, is self-inflicted injury to the soul by lack of virtue
The stoics
True or False: Epicurus equates pleasure with an unperturbed soul
True
True or False: according to the skeptic, the goal of life is to achieve peace of mind
True
True or false: according to the stoic Epictetus, a Virtuous person can not be harmed
True
Stoicism holds that the universe is kind of organizing being or ________
a logos
Stoicism preaches cosmopolitanism, the view that ________
all men are brothers
Stoicism has been attractive to many because it offers itself as an _____
antidote for the miseries of the world
according to Epictetus, our _____ are to us, but our _____ are not
desires; bodies
Hedonism is the ________
doctrine that pleasure is the supreme good
In general, Hellenistic philosophy favored _____ over _______
ethics; metaphysics and logic
epicurus claimed that the gods _____
having nothing to do with us
The stoic ideal is _______
moderation in attitudes
according to Epicurus, the desire for happiness and the desire for physical comfort are both ________ desires
necessary
Epicureanism, stoicism, and Skeptism are all motivated toward _____
peace of mind and freedom from disturbances
________ is a skeptic
sextus Empiricus
Epicureanism
the Philosophy of achieving happiness through happiness through moderate pleasures and avoidance of pain
Stoicism is the view that ______
we can attain happiness and peace of mind if we focus on controlling only what is up to us
