In the Allegory of the Cave, Socrates explains that there is an essential Form of Goodness, which we cannot see, but which we must understand if we are to act with wisdom.
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Pythagoreas thought that proportion was the underlying basis of reality.
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How did the Greek and Egyptian canons for depicting people differ?
A. The Greek canon employed symmetry; the Egyptian one did not.
B. The Greek canon employed measurements; the Egyptian one did not.
C. The Egyptian canon determined the poses of a body; the Greek did not.
D. The Greeks got their canon from the Romans; the Egyptians developed their own.
The ancient Greeks can be defined as the people who lived in what is now Greece from about 750 B.C.E. to about 250 C.E.
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Who could vote in Athens?
A. All citizens.
B. Everyone but convicted felons.
C. Everyone.
D. Everyone but slaves.
E. Everyone but slaves and women.
Herodotus is called "the father of history" because he
A. was so good to his children.
B. only wrote about what he actually saw.
C. had so many children.
D. was the first to write down stories of the past.
E. tried to weigh all the available evidence to figure out what actually happened.
Greek architects sometimes put Corinthian capitals on Doric temples.
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Athens used the Delian defense fund to rebuild its own temples, which the Persians had destroyed.
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Some Greek city-states were in Italy and Asia Minor.
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Theatrical performances in Athens were held to celebrate elections.
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In the Allegory of the Cave, Socrates says we all have the power to see the ultimate truth, "the Good." Which of the following does he NOT say interferes with this power?
A. being "forced into the service of evil"
B. "gluttony"
C. "this changing world"
D. "looking at the light of the moon and stars"
E. "looking in the wrong direction"
Most Greek philosophers thought their ideas had been given them by the gods.
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