According to Hobbes, Why do unjust laws not exist (EVER even when there is a sovereign)? AND where does justice and morality begin? - answer-Within the State of Nature laws do not exist, thus there are no laws to be either just or unjust. In the civil society, the sovereign creates the laws and dec...
Philosophy Test 3 (OMG)
According to Hobbes, Why do unjust laws not exist (EVER even when there is a
sovereign)? AND where does justice and morality begin? - answer-Within the
State of Nature laws do not exist, thus there are no laws to be either just or
unjust. In the civil society, the sovereign creates the laws and decides what is just
and unjust thus the laws CAN NEVER BE UNJUST. Consequently, Justice and
morality begin with the Sovereign
Who wrote Thoughts - answer-Pascal
Within which Meditation does Descartes argue God is NOT a deceiver - answer-
Meditation VI
In which Meditations does Descartes believe he proves God's existence - answer-
Meditation III and V (3 & 5)
How many books or manuscripts did Epictetus write? - answer-0
According to scholars, who is considered the Father of MODERN Philosophy? -
answer-Descartes
What evidence does Descartes give to show that the mind and body are "very
closely joined" - answer-The sensations of pain, hunger & thirst that he
experiences
According to Descartes, "physical objects are grasped, not by the senses or the
power of having mental images, but by____________ alone? - answer-
Understanding
In the 5th meditation, Descartes states that he out to regard the existence of God
as having at least the same level of certainty as.... - answer-Mathematics
In Meditation V(5) Descartes argues.... - answer-He is not free to think of God
without existence
,Does Descartes argue that a mountain and valley are inseparable and thus a
mountain/vally must exist? - answer-No because although a mountain must have
a valley there may not be any mountains/valleys (mountains and valleys do not
have to exist)
A. Who founded the Academy?
B. Who argued strife = injustice?
C. What does the Word Philosophy literally mean?
D. Which Philosopher is considered to be the Father of Science? - answer-A. Plato
B. Anaximander
C. The love of Wisdom
D. Aristotle
According to Descartes, What ideas come from his own nature? - answer-Sophism
Menoeceus is a summary of - answer-Epicurus's Ethics
What did Aristotle argue about Slavery? - answer-Aristotle argued slavery was
morally acceptable and that some people were best suited as slaves. However, he
also argued that some people who were born slaves could become something
else only if they had the ability/capacity to become something more than just a
slave where as others only have the ability to be slaves. Furthermore, Aristotle did
not agree with slavery through conquest.
Descartes is most famous for the statement: "I
_______________________________ - answer-I think, therefore I am
What is Pascal's response to the objection that, for the believer, the fear of hell
counterbalances the happiness of the hope for salvation? - answer-Pascal's
words: "who has more cause to fear hell? One who does not know whether there
is a hell, but is certain to be damned if there is one, or someone who is convinced
, there is a hell and hopes to be saved if there is one. Meaning the person who
believes in god also believes that they will be saved and thus do not believe they
will be sent to hell nor does the believer fear hell."
According to Descartes, Why is it false to say that the existence of God can be
separated from the essence of God? - answer-Because God's essence includes
existence (forever existence) and therefore when thinking about God one must
think about God existing and According to Descartes this proves God's Existence
How does Descartes show that the mind is distinct from the body and can exist
without it? - answer-Descartes has a clear distinct idea of himself as a non-
extended thinking thing and also has a distinct idea of the body as simple,
extended, non-thinking thing. Thus if Descartes can clearly and distinctly
understand one thing apart from another then those two things are distinct.
A. Who founded the Lyceum?
B.Who founded the Stoa?
C.Who founded the Garden?
D. Who founded the Academy? - answer-A. Aristotle
B. Zeno of Citium
C. Epicurus
D. Plato
Locke held that the mind at birth was like a blank tablet/slate - answer-True
Which of the following statements would Locke agree with? - answer-Even if
everyone had the idea of God, this would not prove that the idea of God is innate
According to Locke, which quality exist within us? - answer-Secondary
What does Hobbes call contract - answer-The mutual transferring of right
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