Text Book: Norman Melchert, Philosophical Conversations. A Concise Historical Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2009
Answer Short TWO Paragraph per Question:

1) How did the pre-socratic philosophers try to explain the world around them? Were they materialists or idealists? Provide me with at least two names and their theories ?

2) What are the main charges brought against Socrates and what is the line of arguments that socrates uses in the line of his own defense?

3) By reference to the divided line analogy ,please explain Platos idealistic view of reality . How do the visible and invisible worlds look like and how can we know them?

4) What does it mean that Aristotle's philosophy was teleological ? How can humans fulfil their natural and what does it have to do with morality?

5) How does St.Augustine view human nature. Present how Augustine argued his point and present and explain how does the problem of evil pertain to human nature?