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Which of the following three philosophers was not one of the Milesians?

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Out of what did Thales believe that the world emerged?

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Which Presocratic philosopher was responsible for the theory of the four elements?

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Which of the following was not proposed as a physis by one of the Presocratics?

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Which of the following does not accurately describe the Parmenidian Real?

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Which of the following philosophers was not a pluralist?

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What common theoretical tenet gives the pluralists their name?

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Who were the Eleatic philosophers?

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What is a homeomeric substance?

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What does the natural world most resemble according to Heraclitus?

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According to Anaxagoras, what is the unifier and source of all natural things?

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Of all the Presocratic philosophers, who was the most skeptical about the human capacity for knowledge?

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Which philosopher spoke about the logos?

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Which of the following does not accurately describe the logos?

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By what process did Anaximines believe aer gave rise to all other elements?

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Which philosopher posited nous as the ultimate motive force in the world?

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Which of the following philosophers was an Atomist?

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Which Eleatic demand did all the pluralists respect?

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What was the Atomists solution to the problem of an orderly world?

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What did Xenophanes identify as the main source of human theological error?

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What famous principle makes its first appearance in the work of Anaximander?

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Who was the first to predict a solar eclipse?

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Which of these Presocratic philosophers had the least faith in sensory experience?

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To what human institution did Anaxagoras compare the cosmos?

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Which Presocratic philosopher claimed that all things are mixed in with all things?

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