Question

The fall of Rome & the "dark ages" is compared to the political relationship between the Romans & the Barbarians with:

		the Lenape natives & European colonists in present day New Jersey.
		the Greeks and the Macedonians
		The situation in Northern African countries including Morocco.
		US troops in Panama during the 1980s

Judging an historical event or person by present standards is comitting the "sin" of:

		whig history
		presentism
		historical shallowness
		historiography Which of the following issues did Seneca discuss? Immaturity sexual desire power anger Which of the following philosophers focused on the question, "what is the basic constituent of all things?" presocratics Socrates sophists Scholastics Which of the following philosophers avoided universal truth in favor of relative truth? Socratics Sophists Aristotelians PreSocratics

Answer 1

* The political relationship between the Romans and thr Barbarians caused the decline of the Roman Empire, as it was invaded and destroyed by the Barbarians leading to "dark ages". Similarly, the political relationship between the Lenape natives and European settlers caused the wiping out of the natives from their land.

Answer. Option 1 .the Lenape natives & European colonists in present day New Jersey.

* Judging or interpreting past events of history by present standard or values is called "presentism". This is unethical because present day standards are different from past time and such an analysis or interpretation is always fallicious.

Answer. Option 2. Presentism.

* Seneca was an ancient Roman stoic philosopher, who emphasized on virtues that are necessary to create happiness in life.

Answer. Option 4. Anger.

* Pre-Socratics were philosophers who were there before the period of Socrates. They preferred a more rational inquiry into how things came into existence, and what is the basis constituent of all things, than taking a religious stance for explaining these questions.

Answer. Option 1. Pre-Socratics.

* Answer. Option 2. Sophists.