epistem and techne

Question 1

Did the first Greek philosophers focus on ethics and morality, or rather on natural phenomena?

Answer 1

The first Greek philosophers focused on studying the natural world.

Question 2

What are the 4 philosophical schools mentioned by Cohen?

Answer 2

The Stoics
Plato’s Academy
Aristotle’s Lyceum
Followers of Epicurus

Question 3

Which of the Greek philosophers is known as the most influential natural philosopher?

Answer 3

Aristotle

Question 4

What are the four types of cause Aristotle identifies?

Answer 4

Material cause
Formal cause
Efficient cause
Final cause

Question 5

Euclid is known to have made the first application of mathematics in the field of…?

Answer 5

Optics

Question 6

When was bronze first produced, and which ancient culture is considered to have been one of the earliest users?

Answer 6

Shortly before 3000 BCE, by the Sumerians of Mesopotamia.

Question 7

Does Xenophon define the wise man as one with singular expertise or as one with various skills?

Answer 7

A wise person is a person of many skills.

Question 8

In Memorabilia, what craft does Xenophon describe as the most virtuous?

Answer 8

The craft of ruling (basilikê technê).

Question 9

Plato describes episteme as knowledge of what?

Answer 9

Knowledge of forms

Question 10

In Plato’s The Sophist, the Visitor distinguishes between two types of epistemia, those being ??? and ???.

Answer 10

Practical and Theoretical

Question 11

Between the Calculating and the Scientific parts of the soul, which is responsible for practical thought, and which is responsible for theoretical thought?

Answer 11

Calculating = Practical
Scientific = Theoretical

Question 12

According to the Stoics, the art of living is a combination of what two things?

Answer 12

Craft and Knowledge