Author Question: Lucretius cites the fact that a ring worn on the finger grows thinner over the years as evidence for ... (Read 27 times)

Marty · **on:** Jul 14, 2018

Lucretius cites the fact that a ring worn on the finger grows thinner over the years as evidence for his claim that:

A. all things grow smaller over time.
B. material objects are only temporary, not eternal.

C. the universe is composed of what we would call atoms.
D. physical reality is really an illusion.

E. not everything can be explained by an appeal to natural processes.

Question 2

Logos, according to the Stoics, is:

A. the power of words.
B. the rational part of the soul.

C. the rational power that organizes the universe.
D. an ethical principle.

E. an ideal state we may reach only through the study of philosophy.