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Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics, and Society, Seventh Edition
Marvin Perry, Baruch College, City University of New York, Emeritus
et al.
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Chapter 4: Greek Thought

B. One of the most vigorous philosophical debates to take place in classical Athens was that waged by Socrates and the Sophists. Below is a list of ideas, goals, and methods associated with these philosophers. Select the appropriate philosopher(s) for each.

1. applied reason to citizenship and statesmanship


2. reason could discover universal moral values


3. no truth is universally valid


4. communities determine what is good, bad, or unjust


5. knowledge enables one to do what's right


6. dialectical discussion leading to moral understanding


7. speculation about the divine is useless


8. perfection of individual human character


9. claimed to teach political areté






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