The "father of modern Western philosophy," ________ gave priority to deductive reasoning and mathematical analysis in his Discourse on Method

The best surviving history of the Peloponnesian War was written by which eyewitness?

A. Pericles B. Sophocles C. Thucydides D. Aristophanes

Which of the following identifies the Jewish philosophical sect that included a group of Jews who lived at Qumran and are associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls?

a. Essenes b. Sadducees c. Pharisees d. Sanhedrin