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Which philosopher devised the argument known as the Stadium?
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- Zeno
Which philosopher after Parmenides, wrote his extent works, Purification and On Nature, in hexameter verse?
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- Empedocles
Which ancient thinker was said to have a golden thigh?
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- Pythagoras
who invited Aristotle to Macedon to tutor his son?
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- King Philip II of Macedon
With which philosopher is the river fragment associated?
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- Heraclitus
In which city did Aristotle take refuge following anti-Macedonian reactions in Athens in 323 BC, reportedly saying that he was saving the Athenians from sinning twice against philosophy?
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- Chalcis
Which Greek philosopher, a disciple of Gorgias, co-founded the Cynic school along with his pupil Diogenes?
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- Antisthenes
Name the disciple of Aristotle who wrote a digest on the opinions of the pre-Socratics?
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- Theophrastus
Which city in Ionia did Anaximenes, the philosopher, come from?
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- Miletus
Which Greek philosopher is said to have first made a map of the inhabited world?
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- Anaximander
Which philosopher predicted an eclipse of the sun, according to modern calculations in 585 BC?
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- Thales
Which command can be used to view the /var/log/wtmp file entries?
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- last
The /etc/shadow file contains encrypted passwords. (True or False?)
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- True
The first line of this command displays how long the system has been running since being rebooted.
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- w
Sudo privileges allow users to execute commands as another user. (True or False)?
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- True
The last command displays reboot records…
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- By default
The “Epoch” began on January 1, 1970.(True or False?)
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- True
A value of 0 in the “minimum” password aging field means the user cannot change their password. (True or False)?
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- False
Which command will display the groups that the root user belongs to?
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- id root
To display the group(s) a user belongs to use this command:
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- id