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| Who said that taste is a matter of intellect rather than emotion? |
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| Life in the state of nature is "nasty, brutish, and short" according to whom? |
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| The fair arrangement of the goods, benefits, and responsibilities of a society is called what? |
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| "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs" was said by whom? |
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| What is the term that is defined, “The rule of God?” |
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| In the 1940s, China rebelled against its Confucian heritage and embraced what political stance? |
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| Rule by the best qualified is called what? |
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| The author of Wealth of Nations is who? |
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| The author of Social Contract is who? |
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| Government by the rich people is called what? |
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| The artist who sculpted David was who? |
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| "Man is a social animal" according to whom? |
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| The philosophy of art and beauty is called what? |
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| According to Solomon the social contract was supported by whom? |
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| According to Solomon, the ideals of philosophy are: the True, the Good, and what else? |
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| Beauty is ultimate reality according to whom? |
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| The Birth of Venus was painted by whom? |
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| Oedipus Rex was written by whom? |
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| Which philosopher did Freud favor when formulating his theory? |
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| Rule by the majority is called what? |
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| Poets should banned because they do not tell the truth, according to what philosopher? |
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| Protection of private property was a major reason for forming a society according to whom? |
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| Music appreciation is conducive to virtue according to whom? |
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| Taste (regarding art and beauty) is subjective according to whom? |
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| Who said that aesthetic values should replace moral ones, or "one should live one's life as a work of art?" |
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| In Oedipus Rex, the mother/wife of Oedipus killed herself with a what? |
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| Beauty is not a distraction from the seriousness of life but an inspiration to be a good citizen according to whom? |
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| Who is the author of the Categorical Imperative? |
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| Who distinguished between the Apollonian and Dionysian sources of aesthetics? |
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| Art gives us deep insight into ourselves and allows us to reconcile ourselves with an ultimately irrational and unsatisfactory world according to whom? |
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| What field of philosophy is concerned with right and wrong behavior? |
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| Who wrote a political dialogue called the Republic? |
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| Who was the teacher of Plato who said, "The unexamined life is not worth living?" |
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| Whose "wager" states that you have less to lose by believing in God than by not believing in God, so the most reasonable thing to do is to believe in God? |
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| Immanuel Kant, Arthur Schopenhauer, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. |
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| Be able to list the German idealists. |
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| The argument for God's existence that is based on the order and harmony in the world, suggested by William Paley is called what? |
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| . Anselm's argument for God's existence that is based on logic and the understanding that God is the being "than which none greater can be conceived" is called what? |
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| Who wrote Beyond God and Evil and said "God is dead? |
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| What branch of philosophy is concerned with the nature of knowledge? |
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| Who said that ethics should be based on what produces the greatest good for the greatest number? |
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| Which argument for God's existence did Aquinas advocate? |
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| What French existentialist told the story of the Myth of Sisyphus to illustrate his belief that life is absurd? |
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| Who said that causation is only a habit that we cannot dispense with? |
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| Who wrote Dialogues on Natural Religion? |
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| What Presocratic philosopher said that reality is like fire, always changing, in a constant state of flux? |
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| Who described reality in terms of "monads?" |
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| People who believe that some knowledge is based on reason alone are called what? |
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| Who said, "Cogito ergo sum," proving that he existed because of his own thinking process? |
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| Who described reality in terms of two worlds, a world of Forms and a world of copies, illustrated by the Divided Line? |
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| Which philosopher was not a German Idealist? |
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| John Locke, bishop geroge Berkeley, david hume; John Stuart mill, Bertrand Russell |
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| Be able to name all the British Empiricists. |
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| Rene Descartes, baruch Spinoza, Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, Immanuel Kant, G.W.F. Hegel |
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| Who said that it is a "theological mistake" to think that God's perfection implies that God cannot change in any manner? |
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| The truth theory supported by William James was called what? |
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| The idea that only one's own mind exists is called what? |
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| Who said, "I am a thing that thinks?" |
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| What philosopher was the companion of Jean-Paul Sartre? |
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| No human action can ever be free or uncaused according to whom? |
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| What philosopher pondered what it would be like to be a bat? |
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| Who solved the mind-body problem with "pre-established harmony?" |
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| Who wrote Being and Nothingness? |
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| The self is only an illusion according to whom? |
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| Soft determinism is also known by what other name? |
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| "Man is by nature a social animal" and "whoever can live outside society is either a beast or a god," according to whom? |
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| Denial of responsibility for one's self is called "bad faith" according to whom? |
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| Who said we are "condemned to be free?" |
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| Who said "The only good thing is a good will?" |
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| Who wrote The Brothers Karamazov? |
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| The principle of physics that has to do with the random movements of electrons that has bearing on the discussion of determinism versus freedom was set forth by |
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| Aristotle believed that man's highest good is what? |
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| Who said that the good life is based on power? |
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| Who wrote of master morality and slave morality? |
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| Who wrote that people should pursue their own interests in the book The Virtue of Selfishness? |
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| According to Solomon, who formulated the classic argument against hedonism? |
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| "What I really lack is to be clear in my mind what I am to do" was said by whom? |
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| Who based a good society on the idea of private property? |
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| One should always act in a way as to bring about a Kingdom of Ends according to whom? |
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| What French philosopher wrote The Social Contract? |
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| Who argued for capitalism in his book Wealth of Nations? |
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| "People are defined as selves by a strong set of natural rights" according to whom? |
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