Which is an INCORRECT statement about the relationship of Socrates to the Sophists?
a. Unlike the Ionian philosophers, both believed that rational knowledge of the individual and society was more important than knowledge of nature.
b. Both rejected the old mythological traditions.
c. Socrates condemned Sophist relativism.
d. Socrates believed that the Sophists' unbridled critical thinking had undermined belief in the old system of beliefs but had not provided people with a satisfactory replacement.
e. Unlike the Sophists, Socrates believed the improvement of the individual is possible.
e
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a. joining with Soviet leader Gorbachev to end Soviet-American political and military conflicts in the Third World. b. supporting Russia if it would let go of the territories held in its Soviet empire. c. agreeing that the Soviet Union had a legitimate sphere of interest in Eastern Europe. d. making the Soviet Union a major trading partner of the United States. e. negotiating and signing nuclear arms reduction agreements with the new Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
Which of the following would Alexander Hamilton have proposed?
A) strong diplomatic ties with France B) the purchase of western lands C) giving the common man the vote D) providing government subsidies to manufacturers E) modeling the banking system on the German model
German idealism emphasized the role of __________ in shaping history.
A. great men B. natural phenomena C. abstract ideas D. popular movements
What was the main implication behind Black Codes?
a. Southerners were willing to allow African Americans legal equality. b. Southerners wanted African Americans to return to positions of servility. c. Southerners were interested in improving the education of the freedmen. d. The freedmen would be allowed to vote and participate in the political process. e. The idea of "separate but equal" was already established.