PHIL 26 - Quiz 2 - The Presocratics

In Heraclitus' cosmology, _______ appears to play the same role that water did for Thales.
--Fire

Anaximenes, who thought the basic stuff of the universe is air, suggests a process by which qualitative changes might occur in
nature, which is
--Rarefaction and condensation

According to the Presocratic philosopher Parmenides, reality is, at its most fundamental level,
--Static and unchanging

The Milesians offer a radical departure from mythic accounts of the world, like Hesiods, in that they think of the formation of the
world in purely _____ terms.
--Naturalistic (i.e. empirically verifiable)

According to the Presocratic philosopher Heraclitus, all things come into existence in accordance with
--The Word or logos

The earliest of the Milesian philosophers, Thales, said that the fundamental stuff of the universe is
--Water

Homer's Illiad portrays moral ideals, such as Achilles' loyalty to his friend Patroclus. But Homer is not giving a philosophical
account because the representation of virtue in the Illiad
--does not provide a general account of the nature of virtue or why loyalty might be virtuous

Anaximander said that the fundamental stuff of nature is what he called the apeiron. By this e meant
--The Boundless or Unlimited