Exam 7: The Hellenistic ERA

Epicureanism, Stoicism, and skepticism all aim toward __________.

__________ is a Stoic.

Epicurus equates __________ with an unperturbed soul.

The skeptic claims that the most reasonable response to a lack of knowledge is __________.

Sextus Empiricus thinks that all of the following, except __________, are dogmatists.

Epictetus asserts, __________.

According to the skeptic, the goal of life is happiness attained through __________ pleasures and the__________ of mental disturbance.

Skepticism is the view that societal values are flawed and, therefore, to be rejected.

Epicureanism, Stoicism, and skepticism are all motivated toward __________.

According to the Stoic Epictetus, a(n) __________ cannot be harmed.

Epicurus claims that the gods have nothing to do with us because they do not exist.

Epicurus argues that the worst evil is physical pain and torment.

The Hellenistic era is the period from the __________.

Epicureanism is __________.

Epicurus claimed that the gods __________.

__________ is a hedonist.

__________ is the view that we lack knowledge in some fundamental way.

Sextus Empiricus says that skeptics manage to get through life fine just by __________.

Epicureanism is the view that life's highest aim is happiness attained through moderate pleasures and the avoidance of mental disturbance.

Hedonism is the __________.