Monists such as Thales believed that

A) everything in the world arose from a single substance, water.
B) the natural world was beyond man's understanding.
C) politics was the only fit subject for philosophers.
D) humans could only fully understand one idea at a time.
E) man is the measure of all things.


Answer: A

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A) resentment B) reverence C) cooperation D) superiority

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a. were frequented only by the lowest social orders. b. often served as neighborhood social institutions. c. were hotbeds of pro-British sentiment. d. were not important as far as public events were concerned. e. none of these choices.

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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