WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

GREEK

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A philosophy that taught that using reason and sound thinking for decisions was better than using emotions was
A
Stoicism
B
Epicureanism
C
solid geometry
D
circumference
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The term stoicism thus comes from the Greek word stoa. The Stoics claimed that people who were guided by their emotions lived unhappy lives. They believed that happiness resulted from using reason. Sound thinking, they thought, should guide decisions.

Detailed explanation-2: -The term “hedonism, ‘’ from the Greek word (hēdonē) for pleasure, refers to several related theories about what is good for us, how we should behave, and what motivates us to behave in the way that we do.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sophists did not believe that the gods influenced human actions. They also rejected the idea of absolute right or wrong. For the sophists a way of life that was right for one person might be wrong for another. The sophists not only challenge Greek traditions, but they also accepted money for their teaching.

Detailed explanation-4: -Socratic questioning encourages students to challenge their own thinking structures, to disrupt them, contemplate alternatives, and consider consequences to the alternatives.

Detailed explanation-5: -A musical is a story told through spoken words and songs by live actors onstage. The spoken words are called lines.

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