MODULE 2 ASSIGNMENTS

ARE YOU AN ATHEIST OR THEIST?

I believe I am a theist because a follower of theism an individual who believes in the existence
of a god or gods, especially one who believes in the existence of one God who is regarded as
the creative source of the human race Not surprisingly, both scientific skeptics and theists who
base their beliefs in God primarily on the concept of intelligent design share this viewpoint.

WHO ARE THE PHILOSOPHERS AND WHAT ARE THEIR SAYINGS?

1. Socrates (c. 469-399 BCE)
“Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds
discuss people.”

2. Plato (c. 428-348 BCE)

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real
tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”

3. Aristotle (c. 384-322 BCE)

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a
habit.”

4. Thales (c. 624-546 BCE)

“The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.”

5. Empedocles (c. 490-330 BCE)

“There are forces in nature called Love and Hate. The force of Love
causes elements to be attracted to each other and to be built up into
some particular form or person, and the force of Hate causes the
decomposition of things.”

6. Democritus (c. 460-370 BCE)

“Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is
opinion.”

7. Heraclitus (c. 535-475 BCE)

“There is nothing permanent except change.”
8. Pythagoras (c. 570-495 BCE)
“There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the
spacing of the spheres.”

9. Anaxagoras (c. 500-428 BCE)

“The seed of everything is in everything else.”

10. Epicurus (c. 341-270 BCE)

“Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.”