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Philosophy: The Power of Ideas
Philosophy: The Power of Ideas, 5/e
Brooke Moore
Kenneth Bruder
Philosophers of the Hellenistic and Christian Eras

Short Answer



1

How did Plotinus's Neoplatonism differ from Platonism?
2

Why did studying Plato and Plotinus help St. Augustine and others to believe in Christianity?
3

How did St. Augustine differ from the Platonists and Neoplatonists?
4

Distinguish total skepticism from modified skepticism, and Academic skepticism from Pyrrhonic skepticism.
5

What is Sextus Empiricus's basic argument for Pyrrhonic skepticism in the Ten Tropes?
6

What three reasons did Augustine give for rejecting total skepticism?
7

What is time, for St. Augustine, and what is the relationship between God and time?
8

How does Aquinas distinguish philosophy from theology, and reason from faith?
9

Explain how Aquinas differs from Aristotle in his metaphysics?
10

What is soul, for Aquinas, and how does it relate to body?








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