Okay this is a society study for a class at my community college. It's supposed to measure both the knowledge and opinions of society when it comes to philosophy of religion. It looks lengthy - but don't be scared away! I really am looking for short responses, and if I get enough replies I don't even need each person to answer every question. If you don't have the background knowledge to answer a certain question, please just skip it - I can learn just as much from what people /don't/ know about as I can from what they do know about. Any help would be appreciated; This is due at the end of the week and I just got the bright idea to expand the poll to the online community. Every little bit helps!! : )
1. Hesiod begins his poem about the gods with an invocation of the Muses, the daughters of Zeus. One of the most important reasons that the poet invokes the Muses is that:
2. Zeus’s order is established when he finds a better way of controlling the powers of the great Mother goddess, Gaia, than his father and grandfather did. Zeus’s better way involves most significantly:
3. Hesiod’s picture of the human condition is captured by the words “mere bellies” that the Muses address to the poet. Humans are “mere bellies” because:
4. Solon’s advice to the Athenians in his poem on “Eunomia” concludes with the following lines: This my soul commands me teach the Athenians: A bad constitution brings civic turmoil, But a good one shows well-ordering and coherence, As it puts shackles ’round about wrong-doing It smoothes out the rough; it checks greed, tempers hubris, And withers the fruits of reckless impulse. The word “hubris” is important for understanding Solon and his relation to the other pre-Socratic philosophers. The best way of describing hubris is:
5. Both Solon and Isaiah emphasize how god is responsible for justice. Their ideas of justice are, however, quite different. The most significant difference between their ideas of justice is :
6. According to Isaiah, god will change history so that his “servants” will return to their homeland. According to Solon, god maintains cosmic order and justice, but he does not change history to do this. Order and justice are natural principles of the cosmos. You can explain these two different views as the result of the fact that:
8. Plato challenges Greek ideas about how to organize society by saying that guardians should not have any property. He attacks private ownership because:
9. Ultimately, Plato represents the philosopher as the happiest individual, and also the most just. You could criticize Plato for not really answering the challenge at the beginning of the Republic, to show that justice brings happiness, even if everyone thinks you are unjust. The criticism would be:
10. Plato thinks that democracy is one step away from tyranny. He thinks this because:
11. Aristotle takes issue with Plato’s idea of what makes human life happy. His approach is that of a biologist first and foremost. How does Aristotle’s conception of the soul reflect his biological interests?
12. Aristotle thinks that the mind becomes one with its objects when it actualizes its potential for knowledge. The implication of this for Aristotle’s view of the highest activity of the human is:
13. Aristotle describes the human as a “political animal,” and he says that human happiness is the goal of politics. If politics is the science of creating happy human animals, how will it go about its task?
14. Aristotle offers us a picture of a universe where all parts fit together into a single, organic whole. There is a growing complexity of form from the the four elements up to living beings and humans and stars and then god. The universe had no beginning, but continues in its orderly process of change forever. How is the eternal movment of the universe ultimately caused by God?
15. One of Aristotle’s most controversial claims is that there are humans who are “natural slaves.” However controversial, this claim can be seen as making sense within Aristotle’s overall philosophy because:
16. Greek philosophy as Plato and Aristotle represent it seems to focus on every individual finding his or her place within a larger whole. The whole is more important than the parts. But Epicurus concentrates on the individual first and foremost. The historical reason for this change is:
17. Epicurus begins with the popular beliefs about the gods. He seems to think that people believe they are supremely happy because :
18. If humans are to become god-like according to Epicurus, they must find a way to free themselves from care. The thing most standing in the way of our care-free existence is our fear of death. We should not fear death because:
19. The atomism of Epicurus teaches that the only things that exist are atoms and the void. Even the gods are made up of a certain arrangement of atoms. Atomism differs from Aristotelianism in many ways, but we can best capture these differences in the following way:
20. When the apostle Paul spoke to the philosophers in Athens, he tried to use some of their own ideas to show that he was not preaching about a different god than theirs. He tried to convince them of this by point out certain common assumptions, namely:
21. From the first confrontation between Christianity and Greek philosophy, the idea that God could raise a man from the dead seemed to be a problematic point. What is the problem that Greek philosophers would find in resurrection?
22. One early Christian who believed that it was possible to reconcile Greek philosophy with Christianity was Clement of Alexandria. Clement argues that philosophy is the “handmaid” of theology because:
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Full Version: Your opinion please? Religion and society!
wow... if i were still in undergrad or even HS i could tell you. i've forgotten about all of that now though 
Answer to all the questions "Don't have a clue!!".
You should probably be doing your own homework, but...
1. Hesiod begins his poem about the gods with an invocation of the Muses, the daughters of Zeus. One of the most important reasons that the poet invokes the Muses is that:
The Muses represent the arts, music, dance, poetry, etc. It's natural that Hesiod would invoke them as an aid to his success.
2. Zeus’s order is established when he finds a better way of controlling the powers of the great Mother goddess, Gaia, than his father and grandfather did. Zeus’s better way involves most significantly:
Rather than battling each other as the Titans did, the Greek pantheon had delegated authorities which worked in tandem to govern the universe, albeit whimsically.
3. Hesiod’s picture of the human condition is captured by the words “mere bellies” that the Muses address to the poet. Humans are “mere bellies” because:
Human beings are more concerned about their physical well-being than their spiritual well-being ( Filling their bellies ).
4. Solon’s advice to the Athenians in his poem on “Eunomia” concludes with the following lines: This my soul commands me teach the Athenians: A bad constitution brings civic turmoil, But a good one shows well-ordering and coherence, As it puts shackles ’round about wrong-doing It smoothes out the rough; it checks greed, tempers hubris, And withers the fruits of reckless impulse. The word “hubris” is important for understanding Solon and his relation to the other pre-Socratic philosophers. The best way of describing hubris is:
Excessive pride.
6. According to Isaiah, god will change history so that his “servants” will return to their homeland. According to Solon, god maintains cosmic order and justice, but he does not change history to do this. Order and justice are natural principles of the cosmos. You can explain these two different views as the result of the fact that:
The Greeks felt more helpless and at the caprices of their gods. The Jews' very existence was due to the deliberate mercy of Jehovah. The Jews had redress and access to their God through the Temple and the Law. The Greeks had to hope that their gods would take any sort of interest in them at all.
8. Plato challenges Greek ideas about how to organize society by saying that guardians should not have any property. He attacks private ownership because:
He believed in the inherent good of humanity. All communistic philosophers do. Too bad for them this doesn't work due to its inherent flaws.
10. Plato thinks that democracy is one step away from tyranny. He thinks this because:
Anyone, given enough power, will become a tyrant. The people will impose their will through majority, regardless of whether that will is just. Democracies, despite their veneer of egalitarianism, are just as likely to oppress as monarchies.
13. Aristotle describes the human as a “political animal,” and he says that human happiness is the goal of politics. If politics is the science of creating happy human animals, how will it go about its task?
( Regardless of how, it is doomed to failure. The entire premise is flawed. Rights, including the pursuit of happiness, are not doled out by the politicians, they are endowed by our Creator: See the Declaration of Independence. )
20. When the apostle Paul spoke to the philosophers in Athens, he tried to use some of their own ideas to show that he was not preaching about a different god than theirs. He tried to convince them of this by point out certain common assumptions, namely:
The common assumptions ( 'For we also are His offspring' ) are irrelevant. From reading this passage in Acts 17, it can only be understood that Paul was attempting to show the disparity between Greco-Roman religion and Christian belief. God is Sovereign and Creator, but He doesn't need our worship, temples and idols in order to exist. Paul may have used the visual aid of the altar bearing the inscription 'to an unknown god', but he wasn't trying to "show that he was not preaching about a different god than theirs." Far from it. He was attempting to point them to a better and more merciful way than theirs, and to warn them to repent in preparation for the coming judgement.
The rest I don't know enough about to comment.
1. Hesiod begins his poem about the gods with an invocation of the Muses, the daughters of Zeus. One of the most important reasons that the poet invokes the Muses is that:
The Muses represent the arts, music, dance, poetry, etc. It's natural that Hesiod would invoke them as an aid to his success.
2. Zeus’s order is established when he finds a better way of controlling the powers of the great Mother goddess, Gaia, than his father and grandfather did. Zeus’s better way involves most significantly:
Rather than battling each other as the Titans did, the Greek pantheon had delegated authorities which worked in tandem to govern the universe, albeit whimsically.
3. Hesiod’s picture of the human condition is captured by the words “mere bellies” that the Muses address to the poet. Humans are “mere bellies” because:
Human beings are more concerned about their physical well-being than their spiritual well-being ( Filling their bellies ).
4. Solon’s advice to the Athenians in his poem on “Eunomia” concludes with the following lines: This my soul commands me teach the Athenians: A bad constitution brings civic turmoil, But a good one shows well-ordering and coherence, As it puts shackles ’round about wrong-doing It smoothes out the rough; it checks greed, tempers hubris, And withers the fruits of reckless impulse. The word “hubris” is important for understanding Solon and his relation to the other pre-Socratic philosophers. The best way of describing hubris is:
Excessive pride.
6. According to Isaiah, god will change history so that his “servants” will return to their homeland. According to Solon, god maintains cosmic order and justice, but he does not change history to do this. Order and justice are natural principles of the cosmos. You can explain these two different views as the result of the fact that:
The Greeks felt more helpless and at the caprices of their gods. The Jews' very existence was due to the deliberate mercy of Jehovah. The Jews had redress and access to their God through the Temple and the Law. The Greeks had to hope that their gods would take any sort of interest in them at all.
8. Plato challenges Greek ideas about how to organize society by saying that guardians should not have any property. He attacks private ownership because:
He believed in the inherent good of humanity. All communistic philosophers do. Too bad for them this doesn't work due to its inherent flaws.
10. Plato thinks that democracy is one step away from tyranny. He thinks this because:
Anyone, given enough power, will become a tyrant. The people will impose their will through majority, regardless of whether that will is just. Democracies, despite their veneer of egalitarianism, are just as likely to oppress as monarchies.
13. Aristotle describes the human as a “political animal,” and he says that human happiness is the goal of politics. If politics is the science of creating happy human animals, how will it go about its task?
( Regardless of how, it is doomed to failure. The entire premise is flawed. Rights, including the pursuit of happiness, are not doled out by the politicians, they are endowed by our Creator: See the Declaration of Independence. )
20. When the apostle Paul spoke to the philosophers in Athens, he tried to use some of their own ideas to show that he was not preaching about a different god than theirs. He tried to convince them of this by point out certain common assumptions, namely:
The common assumptions ( 'For we also are His offspring' ) are irrelevant. From reading this passage in Acts 17, it can only be understood that Paul was attempting to show the disparity between Greco-Roman religion and Christian belief. God is Sovereign and Creator, but He doesn't need our worship, temples and idols in order to exist. Paul may have used the visual aid of the altar bearing the inscription 'to an unknown god', but he wasn't trying to "show that he was not preaching about a different god than theirs." Far from it. He was attempting to point them to a better and more merciful way than theirs, and to warn them to repent in preparation for the coming judgement.
The rest I don't know enough about to comment.
religeon is what makes and breaks societies.
well thats what i think...
well thats what i think...
QUOTE (asian_invasion @ Oct 13 2004, 09:15 AM)
Answer to all the questions "Don't have a clue!!".
Haha! After having to cram for our midterm last week, I know most of it - but there are still a couple I'm not sure I have the right idea about...
Thanks for reading at least!!
Thanks for the input,
no thanks for the suggested insult.
Yeah the rest of the stuff was wayyy over my head until our last review session... thank God I actually had time to make that meeting so I could even come up with good material.
I appreciate the thoughs.
No time to comment further - homework homework homework!
no thanks for the suggested insult.
Yeah the rest of the stuff was wayyy over my head until our last review session... thank God I actually had time to make that meeting so I could even come up with good material.
I appreciate the thoughs.
No time to comment further - homework homework homework!
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