What is the term for the consideration of natural ends in explaining phenomena?
A.Tautology
B.Ontology
C.Teleology
D.Epistemology
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Western Political Thought
Which of the following is one of the two central distinctions Aristotle draws between animals?
A.Viviparous and oviparous
B.Herbivorous and carnivorous
C.Sexual and asexual
D.Aerobic and anaerobic
Which book is not one of the four main treatises on natural science?
A.Protrepticus
B.Physics
C.On the Heavens
D.Meteorology
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What two works are considered preliminary to Aristotle’s logical treatises?
A.Categories and Philosophy
B.Protrepticus and Philosophy
C.Categories and On interpretation
D.Protrepticus and On interpretation
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What is the final cause of rainfall according to Aristotle?
A.It rains so plants and creatures can survive
B.It rains because it is water’s nature to fall
C.It rains because there is moisture in the air
D.It rains because moisture cools
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Whose niece did Aristotle marry?
A.Callisthenes’
B.Hermeias’s
C.Alexander’s
D.Plato’s
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Which is not a reason that Aristotle thought that women were ‘unfinished men’?
A.Women are passive and receptive
B.Women only contribute ‘substance’
C.Children receive only male characteristics
D.Women have little appreciation for the arts and sciences
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In which year Aristotle died?
A.322 B.C.
B.321 B.C.
C.320 B.C.
D.318 B.C.
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Which nephew of Aristotle was executed by Alexander?
A.Hermeias
B.Callisthenes
C.Xenocrates
D.Speusippus
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