pre-Socratics again, & Buddha

PW Quiz 26-33
1. Who said we should not call something divine just because we don't understand it? Why not?


2. What kind of outlook did Thales adopt? What is "techne"?


3. How does Greek philosophy differ from Chinese philosophy with respect to opposing properties like hot and cold, wet and dry... or yin and yang?


4. What did Anaximander say the basic "stuff" of the world is? What did his student Anaximenes think the essential element is? 

5. Pythagoras differed from the Milesian materialists, saying the universe is composed not of stuff but of what? He believed in reincarnation, philosophized with women, inspired ______, and is thought to have been the first to call himself a _________. He is associated with what famous phrase?

6. What "very Eastern point" was Heraclitus making, with his claim about rivers? Who said this perception is not the true reality? Who presented arguments to show its absurdity?


7. What made Democritus a pluralist? What did he think about soul, meaning, and purpose in a material world? What do you?

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8. What did Buddha say we gain by giving up belief in a self? What did he say about Gods, karma, and reincarnation?


9. What does nirvana mean?


And a bonus question, before Groundhog Day gets entirely away:
What did Phil Connors learn about the self, gods, karma,compassion, recurrence & repetition, nirvana, the wonder of every moment, etc.?