Chapter 7 Quiz

The Hellenistic Era
. In general, Hellenistic philosophy favored __________ over __________.

. Hedonism is the __________.

. __________ is thought to be the original skeptic.

. Epicureanism, Stoicism, and skepticism are all motivated toward __________.

. According to Epicurus, the desire for happiness and the desire for physical comfort are both __________ desires.

. Epicurus claimed that the gods __________.

. Atomism is the belief that reality consists of a(n) __________ number of minute, indivisible bits called atoms moving rapidly in a(n) __________ void.

. According to Epictetus, our __________ are up to us, but our __________ are not.

. Stoicism preaches cosmopolitanism, the view that __________.

. The Stoic ideal is __________.

. The only real harm that can be done to a person, according to __________, is self-inflicted injury to the soul by a lack of virtue

. Stoicism is the view that __________

. __________ is the view that we lack knowledge in some fundamental way.

. The skeptic claims that the most reasonable response to a lack of knowledge is
__________.

. Epicurus equates __________ with an unperturbed soul.

. Hedonism is identical with gluttony.

. Epicurus equates pleasure with an unperturbed soul.

. Epicurus argues that the worst evil is physical pain and torment.

. The ideal Stoic is someone who is completely emotionless.

. Stoicism is the view that we are in charge of our future.

. According to the Stoic Epictetus, a virtuous person cannot be harmed.

. According to the skeptic Sextus Empiricus, nothing can be known.

. The skeptic Sextus Empiricus endorses the view that our lack of knowledge should motivate us to seek absolute truth.

. According to the skeptic, the goal of life is to achieve peace of mind.

. Epicurus claims that death is nothing to us because the soul is immortal.

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