Pre-Socratic Philosophers 2

The Eleatic school that Parmenides founded is located in:

• Greece

• Italy

• Turkiye

• Africa

The Eleatic school of thought advocated monism.

• True

• False

Which concept of the arche do the Eleatics most explicitly reject?

• The arche as water

• The arche as air

• The arche as the apeiron

• The arche as fire

How did Empedocles seek to prove his immortality and magic powers?

• Jumping into a volcano

• Writing poems to his lover

• Controlling the four elements

• Proving the pluralist theory

Both Empedocles and Pythagoras were pluralists.

• True

• False

Which statement/s are TRUE of Anaxagoras’s philosophy?
I. All things are made of germs
II. Germs are ruled by an internal nous

• I only

• II only

• Both I and II

• Neither I nor II

Who among the following are part of the Eleatic school?

I. Empedocles

II. Thales

III. Parmenides

IV. Zeno

• I and II

• II and III

• III and IV

• I and IV

Answer explanation

Thales belongs to the MILESIAN school.

Empedocles is not associated with any school.

Zeno proves (X) divisibility through the paradox of Achilles and the (Y).

• (X) finite; (Y) tortoise

• (X) finite; (Y) arrow

• (X) infinite; (Y) tortoise

• (X) infinite; (Y) arrow

Based on Zeno’s arrow paradox, at which of these two points is the arrow said to have changed?

I. When the arrow is fired

II. When the arrow hits the target

• I only

• II only

• Both I and II

• Neither I nor II

Your toxic ex sends you a private message pleading with you to take them back. Which philosopher would reject this proposal?

• Empedocles

• Heraclitus

• Anaxagoras

• Zeno