Borough of Manhattan Natural Law Tradition and Stoic Philosophy Questions

Question 1

The Cynics were called “Dogs” by their fellow Greeks.

True or false

Question 2

There is a coherent, Natural Law tradition with a common core of specific intellectual and moral concerns.

True or false

Question 3

The Cynics were a group of Greek thinkers that followed the ethical beliefs of Socrates.

True or false

Question 4

The founder of the Stoic school of philosophy was Zeno.

Question 5

The Skeptics, led by Carneades, criticized the “pure” Stoic philosophy as unrealistic, that could not be taken seriously as a prescription of what men should try to achieve.

Tire or f

Question 6

The reworking of the “Pure” Stoic philosophy was led by Panaetius.

True or false

Question 7

The Romans did not receive this reworked stoic philosophy enthusiastically.

True or false

Question 8

The Roman Senator Cicero found this reworked Stoic philosophy very attractive.

True or false

Question 9

Cicero wrote his own dialogues entitled, “The Republic” and “The Laws”.

True or false

Question 10

Cicero believed that the human race is bound together in a unity.

True or false