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Among the features of reality, according to Parmenides, is __________.

A) uniformity
B) difference
C) instability
D) plurality

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Subjective relativism is the view that truth depends on what the individual accepts as true, not on the way things are.

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According to Zeno, there is no such thing as motion.

__________ famously declared, "Man is the measure of all things."

Democritus advances the theory known as ancient __________.

Heraclitus rejects the idea of an organizing principle of the universe.

According to Thales, the universe is fundamentally __________.

Of all the early Greek notions about the nature of the universe, Democritus's theory comes closest to that of modern scientists.

Cultural relativism implies that other cultures are beyond moral criticism.

Thales's great contribution to philosophy and science is (are) his __________, whereby he sought natural and simple explanations for natural phenomena.

Heraclitus claims that although all things __________, they are really __________.

According to Heraclitus, there is an underlying, unchanging sameness behind the flux of things.

According to Parmenides, reality is __________.

According to ancient atomism, atoms consist of neutrons and protons.

Parmenides distinguishes between appearance and __________.

__________ is said to have been a pupil of Thales.

One commonality between Socrates and the Sophists was the latter's focus on __________ inquiries.

The basic outlines of natural selection were first articulated by Empedocles.

The relativist is committed to the view that there are objective truths.

Heraclitus claims that the logos is constantly in flux.