Choose Your Meaning
This is the philosophical movement discussed in the reading.
What is existentialism
This philosophical problem asks how a good and all-powerful God can allow suffering.
Problem of Evil
This 13th-century philosopher and author of the Summa Theologiae is famous for his "Five Ways" to prove God's existence.
Thomas Aquinas
Kierkegaard is from this country.
Denmark
Is it better to have a high-paying job you dislike or a low-paying job you love?
Who is right?!
Sartre is from this country.
France
This philosopher is quoted giving a famous version of the problem of evil.
David Hume
In the context of Aquinas’s "First Way," this 6-letter word refers to the transition from "potentiality" to "actuality."
Motion (or Change)
Kierkegaard is part of this philosophical tradition.
existentialism
Should you prioritize a partner’s career over your own if they have higher earning potential?
Who is right?
The dilemma takes place during this global conflict.
World War II
This Russian author wrote The Brothers Karamazov.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
This argument for God's existence, developed by St. Anselm, claims that God exists simply because the very idea of a perfect being requires existence.
Ontological Argument
More specifically, Kierkegaard is associated with this type of existentialism.
Christian Existentialism
Does turning a passion into a career eventually destroy the love for that passion?
According to Sartre, humans are “condemned to be” this.
Free
Ivan focuses especially on the suffering of this group.
Children
To explain the difference between an idea in the mind and a thing in reality, St. Anselm uses the example of this type of artist who first envisions a work before creating it.
Painter
Kierkegaard’s work Fear and Trembling focuses on this biblical figure.
Abraham
Is it ethically responsible to pursue a 'passion project' career if you have dependents who rely on you?
Who??
During his example, Sartre must choose between going to war or staying with this family member.
His mother
The Dostoevsky chapter features a dialogue between these two brothers.
Ivan and Alyosha
Aquinas argues that "natural bodies" act for an end despite lacking intelligence; modern critics often cite this biological phenomenon—the appearance of design produced by natural selection—to challenge his conclusion.
Apparent Design (or Teleonomy)
Kierkegaard describes faith as making this kind of move.
leap (of faith)
If your partner’s lifelong passion (e.g., a specific career, an art form, or a mission) is fundamentally incompatible with your shared future, is it more "loving" to stay and adapt or to leave so they can pursue it fully?
Right?