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W.T. Jones – Homer For Jones, what kind of thinking is Homer an example of? In your own words, explain what happened with Agamemnon, Achilles, and Hector? Is Zeus all-powerful? Why or why not? According to Homer, should people emulate Zeus? Why or why not? Who should people emulate? Is Zeus like God of the Abrahamic faiths (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam)? W.T. Jones – Hesiod, PP. 6-8 (Handout) (3 pp.) Is Hesiod believed to have possibly been a tourist, a noble, or a craftsman? Or, none of these? What is the name of the writing wherein Hesiod is said to describe having been taken advantage of by an unjust nobleman and Hesiod's brother, Perses? Would Homer's Zeus have been concerned with coming to Hesiod's aid? Why or why not? Is Hesiod's Zeus like the God of the Abrahamic faiths (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam)? Why or why not? What does Jones say about "insubordination" in a military system? And how is this related to Homer? Is "insubordination" still important in military and military-like systems today? Why or why not? Was Hesiod's Zeus predictable? Why or why not? What had changed about the nature of "fate", from Homer's description of it to Hesiod's? What did Hesiod's teachings offer as a motivation for one not to engage in cruel behavior? List all the ways cruel behavior could be punished. How does Hesiod's Zeus know who all is doing wrong? Does Hesiod's Zeus blame and praise non-human animals? What part of the text evidences your answer? What non-punishment related motivation to do good does W.T. Jones claim is also at work in Hesiod? What does W.T. Jones say about human "moderation"? Could Hesiod's Zeus be bribed as a way to avoid punishment? Is Hesiod's Theogony a "cosmogony" or "cosmology"? Why or why not? Why does W.T. Jones claim that Hesiod's Theogony is "anthropomorphic"? What does he mean? Why is this not good as far as Western philosophy is concerned? W.T. Jones – Thales, PP. 8-10 (Handout) (4 pp.) Jones claims that successive generations of poets (like Homer and Hesiod) kept alive mythological cosmogonies, and thus inhibited the advancement of what? According to Jones, prior to Thales, the causes of events in the natural world were always attributed to what? What important "dual and reciprocal" process does Jones mention? According to Jones, why is Thales's name remembered? According to Jones, how can the work of Thales' immediate successors best be understood? According to Jones, what was Thales' first assumption? According to Jones, what was Thales' second assumption? According to Jones, what was Thales' third assumption? ARISTOTLE on THALES All Things Full of Gods. On the Soul-1.5 411a7–8 = DK 11A22 - pages 553-554-Richard McKeon ed. Modern Library 2001 (Handout) According to Aristotle, for what reason did Thales say that "all things are full of gods"? W.T. Jones – Plato: Life and Times, PP. 108-109 (Handout) (3 pp.) According to Jones, what did Plato think was the reason that Athens was defeated? According to Jones, who were The Thirty? According to Jones, what two forms of government was Plato dissatisfied with? According to Jones, what made the biggest impression on Plato? According to Jones, how old was Plato when Socrates was forty? W.T. Jones – Alcibiades Treason, PP. 109-112 (Handout) (4 pp.) According to Jones, was Socrates a mystic? What does Plato's dialogue the Symposium describe? Who was Alcibiades? What or who did Alcibiades talk about in the Symposium? How did Alcibiades perceive Socrates? What was Socrates arguing with Agathon and Aristophanes about?