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| Allegory of the cave: this is a christian, theological test? |
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| Allegory of the cave: how are others(those still living in the cave) likely to treat a person who has experienced a deeper vision of truth? |
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| with isolation as an outcast |
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Allegory of the cave: subjective reality and objective reality are actually identical things?
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Allegory of the cave:
initially discovering the truth is....
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| A of C: when the prisoner first sees the truth... |
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| his old reality still seems more real |
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| A of C: the ultimate truth is... |
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| god, allegorized as the sun, the ultimate good and the source of all truth |
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| A of C: what is the likely response by a person who has experienced a taste of the fullness of truth.. a person who has finally made it out of the cave? |
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| they yearn for more and sacrifice what they have in order to continues their experience of it |
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A of C: we learn the truth in a series of ever enlightening incremental steps rather than instantaneously
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| A of C: who wrote the "Allegory of the cave" |
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A of C: who is the narrator of the allegory?
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| who wrote things in their identity? |
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| according to the essay things in their identity... |
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god intends each tree to be uniquely beautiful
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| TTI: as expressions of God's ideas, all creatures... |
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| TTI: accoding to the essay(TTI), the most important distinction between us and most other creatures is that... |
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| we can excersize our free will in cooperating with god in the process of creeting ourselves |
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| TTI: cooperating with God's will would mean that we all do the same thing and come to resemble one another.... T OR F |
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| TTI: according to TTI, the alternative to cooperation with God is.... |
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| to realize that ultimately the distinction between our individual selves and god, is an illusion |
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| TTI: according to TTI, becoming saints is being ourselves. To the extent that we are not being ourselves, we cannot be... |
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| TTI: before he was called by jesus to become one of his disciples, St. Mathew was a... |
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| TTI: this MONK and mysstic was the author of TTI |
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| This late renaissance italian artist lived a rough life, and had to flee rome for spain after he killed someone in a fight of anger |
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| this is a term for the style of painting carvaggio invented, which was used in the paintings of the life of St. Mathews. |
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MC: Who wrote Mere Christianity?
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| MC: the author observes that when people quarrel, they usually do so by |
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| appealing to a commonly understood sense of rules |
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| MC: The author believes that moral differences between cultures are... |
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| not as significant as the universal commonalities |
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| MC: According to MC, the natural law is not merely an instinct because... |
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| we need something to tell us when to obey one instinct and when to repress it in favor of one that is more appropriate |
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| MC: since societies teach moral behavior logically proves... |
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| nothing: morality may be a matter of social convention, or may be taught because it is universally true |
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| MC: MC argues that the natural law cannot be merely a matter of social convention because... |
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| we appeal to the natural law to argue between the merits of different conventions |
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| MC: T or F: people who disobey the natural law, usually justify their actions by attacking the legitmacy of the law itself... |
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| MC: T o F- the idea of the natural law is one original to the author and book. |
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| MC: what was the major event in the world during the time of the writings of MC? |
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| MC: t or f- by the end of MC, cs lewis claims to have proven the most importan parts of christain belief? |
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| MC: lewis concludes that the law of human nature must... |
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| MC: what claims does lewis try to prove? |
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| there is a god, god gives us a moral law which we dont keep, we are subject to god's judgement |
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| that we are stuck in a problem which christianity addresses |
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MYSTERIOUS: In the "Mysterious Visitor,' story, why did the stranger committ murder?
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he was jealous, the woman he loved didnt love him in return
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| MYSTERIOUS: What did the stranger do to quiet his conscience about the crime? |
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| he got involved in charitable works in the town |
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| MYSTERIOUS: what was an affect of the strangers guilty conscience? |
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| he found that he had no love to give to his wife and children |
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| MYSTERIOUS: What novel is this story from? |
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| MYSTERIOUS: who wrote a brothers karamzov, and mysterious |
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| causes: that for the sake of which the effect comes about, its reasoning for being made |
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| causes: the things in advance used to create this |
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| causes: the primary source of change which brings about an effect |
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| causes: what it is known for being, that which makes the effect what it is, as opposed to something else is called |
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| causes: what is the final cause of a hammer |
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| opp.: a relationship in which both statements cannot be true, but both could be false |
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| opp: a relationship in which both cannot be true and both cannot be false |
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| opp: a relationship in which both statements can be true, but both cannot be false |
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| opp: a relationship in which one statement necessitates the truth of the other, but not the other way around |
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| opp: the first person of the western world to create a rule on logic |
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| logic: what is an argument from authority? |
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| saying something is true/false based upon what someone else has told you |
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| an argument made against an opponent, not against the opponents argument |
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| logic: begging the question |
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a fallacy that assumes the conclusion is true and uses it as evidence
ex. there is no god because if i start assuming there isnt then i can demonstrate that there isnt |
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| ONTO: anselm defines theology as.. |
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| faith seeking understanding |
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| onto: in his proof anselm defines god as |
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| that which nothing greater can be thought |
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| ONTO: According to anselm, the reason god must exist is because... |
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| it is greater to exist in reality than it is only in the mind |
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| DISPUTED?FORMAT: in the D?F after stating the question under discussion is.. |
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| to list the possible objections to the position which the author holds |
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| 11th century english theologian, propsed the ontological argument |
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| 13th century italian dominican theologian and philosopher who believed faith and reason never actually contradicted each other |
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| 13th century masterpiece, written by aquinas, arguing that faith and reason never actually contradicted each other |
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| does thomas aquinas accept anselm's ontological argument? |
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| according to aquinas, anselms argument proves....? |
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| only proving that god existing in the mind and reality is greater than existing in the mind only |
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| aquinas believes we all have an imperfect knowledge of god because... |
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| we all want to be happy, even if we dont understand that god is the source of our happiness |
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| TRUE OR FALSE: aquinas believes that the existance of god is self evident and doesnt need to be proven |
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| aquinas argues that the only way to prove god's existance is |
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| from the effect back to the cause |
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| the most logical way to argue the existance of god is by the proof of? |
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| to say that god is the unmoved mover, is to also say that... |
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| how many arguments of the existence of god does aquinas accept? |
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| T o F- aquinas' arguments prove true to the articles of faith of the christian belief? |
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| what is aquinas' second proof about? |
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| aquinas second way, states that god must bring about the existence of the universe because... |
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| nothing can be its own efficient cause, or it would have to exist before it comes into existence |
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| what is aquinas third argument? |
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| aquinas' third way states that.... |
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some things can be, or cannot be
the universe as a whole could at one time not exist
if the universe could not exist, then there is something necessary in order for the universe to exist(contingency) |
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| what is aquinas 5th argument |
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| the argument from governance |
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| aquinas 5th way states... |
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| all of nature learns from a set of consistent laws, and this could not have come about by chance |
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| what do aquinas' five proofs, claim to prove |
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| the scientific method correctly _________ that nature is ordered and will behave predictably |
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| according to pascal we have some evidence to back the proof of the god of abraham... true or false |
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| with all the + and - from believing in god, pascal says we should... |
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| choose for ourselves what to believe |
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| according to pascal, a rational person must approach this situation like a... |
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| pascal thinks that a rational person would... |
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| the movement that rocked the byzantine empire, says that there should be no images recreated of jesus, mary, or saints... |
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| t o f- the second ecumenical council of nicea agreed that painting an image of christ is idolatry |
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| according to the second ecunemical council, creating paintings of christ and such is |
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| recognizing christ as fully human and fully divine |
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| T o F- we can prove upon unreasonable doubt that jesus was a real historical figure.. |
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| t o f- there are documents outside of the new testament that testify to jesus' existence |
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| would the facts of jesus' crucifiction be hard for early christians to prove |
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| what is the criterion of embarrassment |
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| if a source admits something embarrassing for his/her agenda, it is most likely factual |
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| the oldest written source that testifies about jesus' existence is... |
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| what is true about the gnostic gospels |
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they were all written centuries after jesus' earlier writings
the material world and human body are baddd
there are dozens of these gospels that have survived
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| which is the best way to approach the new testament |
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| you must approach them skeptically because of their bias opinion on jesus, but they are so far the best sources we have |
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| the moment at which god became human is.. |
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| mary is honored by catholics because they believed that.. |
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she is truly the mother of GOD
her cooperation was vital
she prays for us in heaven like all other saints |
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