What does Thales mean when he says that all things are filled with gods?
What is Anaximander’s argument for his belief that it cannot be water that is the final explanation of all things, but something Boundless?
State Xenophanes’ two criticisms of the Homeric gods.
Explain Zeno’s paradox of the arrow.
What two things did the Sophists claim to teach their students?
The Sophists claim that rhetorical skills allow a person to “make the weaker argument into the stronger.” What does that mean?
Give two reasons for thinking of Socrates as a Sophist, and two for thinking he is not a Sophist.
Distinguish knowledge from opinion according to Plato.
Using an example, explain the “Third Man Problem” with Plato’s theory of Forms.
Why does Plato think that knowledge cannot be about the things of this visible world?
ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS
What does Thales mean when he says that all things are filled with gods?
Before coming into this conclusion Thales thought that the earth is floating in water, and all things are full of water. Hence he said that all things are filled with Gods. Some scholars believe that this statement means that the very nature itself is immortal since all things are filled with Gods.
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