1. Review: History of Western Thought Review by Ruth Anderson British and American Culture 1

2. Review 1) What are the two contrasting foundational principles of Western thought? –Greek philosophy (search for truth) –Jewish and Christian religions 2

3. Review 2) Ancient Greece was the Birthplace of ideas like what? –Democracy –Geometry –Sickness having natural causes 3

4. Review 3) What lasting contribution did Socrates make to Western thinking? –Critical Philosophy: being willing to call everything into question 4

5. Review 4) What lasting contribution did Plato make to Western thinking? –He asked: What is reality is made of? and How do we know what we know? 5

6. 5) What lasting contribution did Aristotle make to Western thinking? –He created a system of deductive logic. –He tried to explain why things happen the way they do, based on what we already know. Review 6

7. 6) What are three reasons ancient Greece was the source of so many ideas? –The alphabet –Overseas trading –Decentralization 7

8. Review 7) What idea came out of the Jewish and Christian religions? –Nature and human nature need to be controlled and subordinated 8

9. Review 8) How did Ancient Greek culture pursue truth? –Through thinking and questioning 9

10. Review 9) How did Christian Religion pursue truth? –Through faith in God 10

11. Review 10) What did the Romans want to do to the world? –Make it Roman 11

12. Review 11) Who could use an area the Roman army had rebuilt? –Everyone, whether Roman or not 12

13. Review 12) What contributions did the Romans make to Western Culture? –political structure –concepts of legal administration –and the Catholic Church. 13

14. Review 13) What was one of the main points of the Magna Carta? –The king had to obey the laws he created 14

15. Review 14) What was one result of the Black Death? –It resulted in a labour shortage 15

16. Review 15) What is Humanism? –A philosophy stressing the importance of humanity rather than the supernatural 16

17. Review 16) When did classical authority start to be questioned? –During the Renaissance 17

18. Review 17) What can history be seen as? –The story of conflict between interest groups 18

19. Review 18) What is the main idea of Adam Smith’s theory of the "invisible hand“ of the market? –That the pursuit of individual interest produces a collective good for society 19

20. End of History of Western Thought Review 20