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Answer the following about Epicurus’s Epistle to Herodotus, for 10 points each.
[10m] The Epistle, like all of Epicurus’s fully extant works, is preserved in Book X of the Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by this 3rd-century biographer of Greek philosophers.
ANSWER: Diogenes Laërtius (“die-AW-juh-neez lay-URR-shee-uss”) [prompt on Diogenes]
[10e] In the Epistle, Epicurus reaffirms his belief that all bodies are composed of these indivisible components, a belief he got from Nausiphanes (“naw-SIFF-uh-neez”), who learned it from Democritus.
ANSWER: atoms [or atomon]
[10h] Original Greek term required. The Epistle also contains Epicurus’s three criteria of truth: aisthēsis (“ess-THEE-siss”), pathē (“PATH-ee”), and these concepts, usually translated as “preconceptions.” Epicureans and Stoics both believed that these concepts were required for rational thought and the ability to connect names with objects.
ANSWER: prolēpseis [or prolēpsis]
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Arizona StateLSE1010020ME
Columbia ARutgers010010E
Cornell BRIT010010E
FloridaUC Berkeley B1010020ME
HarvardGeorgia Tech1010020ME
Illinois AWUSTL A1010020ME
IndianaStanford1010020ME
Iowa StateToronto C010010E
MITJohns Hopkins010010E
MarylandMichigan1010020ME
MinnesotaCornell A1010020ME
North Carolina BVanderbilt010010E
Ohio StateIllinois B010010E
OttawaWUSTL B1010020ME
Penn StateBritish Columbia1010020ME
TexasVirginia Tech010010E
Toronto ANorth Carolina A010010E
Toronto BChicago B010010E
UC Berkeley ANorthwestern1010020ME
UCFColumbia B010010E
VirginiaWinona State1010020ME
Waterloo AChicago A1010020ME
Waterloo BGeorgia State010010E
YaleNYU010010E

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2025 ACF NationalsYes2415.00100%50%0%