Plato
Descartes
Buddhism
Nietzsche
Rousseau
100
In “Allegory of the Cave”, what did the shadows represent?
The shadows represent the people who believe empirical evidence ensures knowledge. If you believe that what you see should be taken as truth, then you are merely seeing a shadow of the truth.
100
How many meditations did Descartes create?
6 meditations.
100
What do Buddhists believe in?
Buddhists believe that human life is one of suffering, and that meditation, spiritual and physical labor, and good behavior are the ways to achieve enlightenment.
100
What characterizes the difference between the master and slave moralities? (name one from each).
Nietzsche argues that master morality values pride and power, while slave morality values empathy, sympathy, and humility.
100
What does it mean to have freedom according to Rousseau?
Rousseau believed that freedom is the highest good. Once we lose our love of freedom, we desire power over others.
200
Why did Euthyphro go to court?
Euthyphro is prosecuting his father for murder as he caused the death of a slave.
200
What did Descartes think about the senses and intellect?
Descartes believed that an individual should never rely on their senses to callback information.
200
There are three major branches of Buddhism. Name one?
Theravada
Mahayana
Vajrayana
200
What does it mean to have an acetic life?
An ascetic person has a way of life that is simple and strict as well as requires abstinence from sensual pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals.
200
What are the two types of inequalities according to Rousseau?
Natural Inequalities & Moral or Political Inequalities.
300
What happened to Socrates and why?
Socrates was executed by the Athenian Court on charges of impiety and corrupting the youth.
300
What is Descartes famous quote to conclude that he must exist?
He states "I think, therefore I am."
300
Emptiness and suffering allows for the Buddhist understanding of what?
Reality
300
What is the creditor and debtor relationship?
Nietzsche describes this relation as a demonstration of guilt present within the individual,Nietzsche claims that in society there exists a credit and debtor relationship in which one person the debtor owes something to another person the creditor. Ex) In the US, Americans often feel indebted to "founders" as we carry their traditions, create monuments and even call them our "Founding Fathers"
300
What did Rousseau think about the state of nature and the civilization that lives within it?
Rousseau believed that people in the original state of nature were innocent and that they were corrupted by the unnaturalness of society.
400
Who is Crito and how does he offer to help Scorates?
Crito is a friend and follower of Socrotes who is worried about his death. Crito's plan is to help Socrates escape from prison to safety in another city.
400
What is Descartes’ famous symbolic wax figure and what did it mean?
Descartes inspects the wax compared to his 5 senses. Afterwards, he then melts it by the fire and notices the change. His senses now no longer recognize the melted object as wax. but , his intellect tells him that it is still a piece of wax.
400
What is the Buddhist concept of “everything”?
Buddhist believe that everything in life is interconnected and in order to understand the interconnection to life is to have wisdom.
400
What does Nietzsche mean by the slave revolt in morality?
The poor believe they are both being good and have a choice while the rich involve the ones with strengths seeing themselves as good. They value things such as wealth, ambition and excellence.
400
According to Rousseau, was there any such thing as ‘natural rights’?
All forms of authority are established by human choice and consent, therefore there is no such thing as having a natural right.
500
How does Plato's allegory relate to today's reality?
BONUS:Do you believe that Euthyphro’s father is guilty for murder? Explain why or why not in 3 sentences.
This allegory relates to today's reality by exploring the mentality of life through social media, internet, and movies by making people believe that they relate to what is perceived.
500
Explain Descartes' argument for the existence and essence of himself.
Bonus:Do you agree with Descartes' proof of existence? Explain why or why not in 3 sentences.
Descartes is a finite being that can think. Furthermore, Descartes is a thinking thing that is able to doubt, understand, affirm, deny, refuse, imagine and sense.
500
What does “Anatta” mean and symbolize in Buddhism?
BONUS:Explain a scene in Everything Everywhere All at Once that has a Buddhist Concept?
It means to have no soul or self. The Buddha taught that people have no soul because nothing is permanent and everything changes. If we look at things as “me” or “mine”, it is seen as the cause of much of the pain humans inflict through things such as greed, fear, hatred.
500
Why is an ascetic life(monk or priest) seen as hypocritical in the eyes of Nietzsche?
BONUS:Can Christianity be defended from Nietzsche views? If so, how?
This ascetic life is seen as hypocritical in the eyes of Nietzsche as he believes that it goes against the person's own principles. The reason they are pursuing an ascetic life is due to them not being able to achieve their own desires rather than choosing to abstain from them.
500
What are Rousseau’s two main characteristics of humans in nature?
BONUS: Is it possible for an individual, who is corrupted by society to go back to what was deemed as naturally good according to Rousseau? Explain why or why not in 3 sentences.
Desire for self-preservation and Pity, sympathy for others