Read the passage from of the wisdom of the ancients. now the philosophy of the greeks, which in investigating the material principles of things is careful and acute, in inquiring the principles of motion, wherein lies all vigour of operation, is negligent and languid; and on the point now in question seems to be altogether blind and babbling; for that opinion of the peripatetics which refers the original impulse of matter to privation, is little more than words—a name for the thing rather than a description of it. which phrase from the passage best states its central idea? the philosophy of the greeks, which in investigating the material principles of things is careful and acute in inquiring the principles of motion, wherein lies all vigour of operation, is negligent and languid refers the original impulse of matter to privation a name for the thing rather than a description of it

The phrase from the passage that best states its central idea is "a name for the thing rather than a description of it"

Explanation:

"The Wisdom of the Ancients." by Francis Bacon is a book that goes through several greek myths and analyses them, from fables to philosophy Bacon gives his analytic point of view and states the idea of the ambiguity and lack of accuracy of many ancient philosophers at the moment of landing an idea or the concept to call it.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

breathe, think and analyze the situation, pull them aside and talk to them about it