Question

A member of this school of philosophy formulated forty arguments against pluralism, including the paradox of Achilles and the Tortoise. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this monistic school of philosophy to which the philosophers Zeno and Parmenides belonged.
ANSWER: Eleatic School [accept the school of Elea]
[10h] This philosopher sought to revise Eleatic principles with his theory of “everything in everything.” Among other absurd, widely-mocked claims, he theorized that the sun consisted of hot metal and the moon was a rock.
ANSWER: Anaxagoras of Clazomenae [reject “Anaximenes” or “Anaximander”]
[10m] Anaxagoras believed that order emerged due to the “rotation” introduced by this primordial element, which he named for the Greek word for “mind” or “intellect.”
ANSWER: nous
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Cameron et al.The Passion According to C.H.0101020
Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleThe Vulture's Guide to Buzz100010
Milan et al.Parth et al.0000