Which of the following statements best describes the relationship of Pythagoras and the Ionian philosophers?
a. Pythagoras was the Ionian philosopher who believed the primary substance was air and that the sun's rays falling through dense air caused the rainbow.
b. Unlike the Ionians, Pythagoras is credited with inventing formal logic.
c. Unlike the "matter philosophers," Pythagoras believed in the one True Being, transcendent, permanent, and perfect.
d. Pythagoras believed that the nature was not made of a primary substance, as the Ionians believed, but out of mathematical relationships.
e. Unlike the "matter philosophers," Pythagoras believed that the mathematical harmony of the universe expressed the perfect thoughts of the True Being.
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a. create an American colony in Japan. b. explore and map the Japanese mainland. c. bring the message of Christianity into Japan. d. persuade the Japanese to open their ports to trade.
In 1942, Americans regained naval superiority in the Pacific with:
A) the introduction of submarines attacks on Japanese shipping. B) victories in the battles of the Coral Sea and Midway. C) the first use of jet aircraft in combat. D) the capture of Okinawa.
According to Knapp's model of relationship development, the _________ stage begins to move a relationship to closeness not seen in the previous stages. A. circumscribing B. experimenting C. intensifying D. stagnating
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Clinton faced a foreign policy humiliation when he withdrew American forces after eighteen soldiers were killed in __________.
A. Bosnia B. Rwanda C. Somalia D. Kuwait