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1. WHO WAS ARISTOTLE’S TEACHER?

WHERE DID HE STUDY?

2. WHERE WAS ARISTOTLE FROM? WHAT DID HIS FATHER DO AS A LIVING?

3. HOW WERE PLATO’S & ARISTOTLE’S WRITINGS DIFFERENT?

4. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ARISTOTLE IN EUROPEAN CULTURE? List at least two.

5. NAME THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF REALITY ACCORDING TO PLATO

THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF REALITY ACCORDING TO ARISTOTLE.

6. - ACCORDING TO ARISTOTLE, WHAT WAS PLATO TRAPPED IN? 7. ARISTOTLE SAID WE HAVE NO INNATE IDEAS BUT WE DO HAVE AN INNATE FACULTY. WHAT IS IT? 8. WHAT IS FORM? WHAT IS SUBSTANCE?

9. WHAT IS EVERY CHANGE IN NATURE DUE TO ACCORDING TO ARISTOTLE? 10. NAME, EXPLAIN, GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF THE FOUR CAUSES.

NAME EXPLAIN EXAMPLE

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11. WHAT DOES THE AUTHOR MEAN WHEN HE WRITES THAT ARISTOTLE WANTED TO DO A THOROUGH CLEARING UP IN NATURE’S ROOM? 12. ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, WHAT GAME DID ARITOTLE INVENT?

WHAT GAME DID PLATO INVENT? WHAT GAME DID DEMOCRITUS INVENT?

13. WHAT SCIENCE WAS FOUND BY ARISTOTLE? 14. NAME THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS

NAME THE CHARACTERISTICS OF NON-LIVING THINGS

15. ARISTOTLE DIVIDED LIVING THINGS INTO TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. WHAT ARE THEY?

16. WHAT ARE CREATURES DIVIDED INTO? 17. WHAT CRITERIA DID ARISTOTLE USE WHEN DIVIDING THINGS INTO CATEGORIES? 18. WHAT IS ARISTOTLE’S SYNONYM FOR GOD?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

19. WHAT ARE THE THREE FORMS OF HAPPINESS ACCORDING TO ARISTOTLE?

20. WHAT DID ARISTOTLE REJECT WHEN REFFERING TO HAPPINESS? 21. GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF THE “GOLDEN MEAN”. 22. WHAT DO THE ETHICS OF PLATO AND ARISTOTLE HAVE IN COMMON? 23.-WHY IS MAN A POLITICAL ANIMAL ACCORDING TO ARISTOTLE?

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24. HOW SHOULD A STATE BE ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO ARISTOTLE? NAME AND EXPLAIN THREE FORMS OF CONSTITUTION. TELL ITS POSITIVE ASPECTS AND HOW IT COULD TURN INTO IN A NEGATIVE FORM OF RULE.

NAME OF POSITIVE FORM OF GOVERNMENT

EXPLAIN POSITIVE FORM IT CAN TURN INTO

NAME NEGATIVE FORM OF GOVERNMENT

EXPLAIN NEGATIVE FORM

25. WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF “WOMAN” ACCORDING TO ARISTOTLE? (UHHHH! BOY WAS HE WRONG!!!!) 26. WHAT DOES A MAN AND A WOMAN CONTRIBUTE WHEN HAVING A BABY ACCORDING TO ARISTOTLE? 27. IN WHAT WAY WAS ARISTOTLE’S ERRONEOUS VIEW OF THE SEXES HARMFUL TO LATER SOCIETES? IS THIS TRUE TODAY? GIVE EXAMPLES. (AMAZING HOW HE INFLUENCED SOCIETY FOR SUCH A LONG TIME TO COME!!!! YES GIRLS, IT’S ALL ARISTOTLE’S FAULT!!!! (EVEN THOUGH HE WAS BRILLIANT IN MANY OTHER WAYS.) EXPLAIN.