Philosophy in History
What philosopher fell on his head at the age of seven?
Giambattista Vico (pg 613)
True or False: Darwin's Origin of Species provided Marx with an explanation to the class struggle in history.
True (pg 620)
True or False: In 1846, Morgan was adopted into a clan of the Seneca Tribe.
True. (pg 638)
True or False: Freud was an anti-Semite.
False (pg 621)
What did Michelet say about Vico?
He was "his own Prometheus"
True or False: Marx saw the conflict of economic classes as the dynamic force.
True
True or False: Iroquois husbands and wives always belonged to the same tribe.
What religion did Marx's father convert to?
Christianity (pg 615)
Who wrote a famous discourse in 1637?
Rene Descartes (pg. 613)
What was the name of the liberal paper that Marx was an editor for?
Rheinische Zeitung (pg. 616)
What year was the AAAS founded?
1848 (pg 640)
What book did Marx publish that got past the Russian censors?
Das Kapital (pg 617)
What was the novelty in Vico's New Science?
His treatment of ideas. (pg 615)
What did Marx say he would not let bourgeois society turn him into?
"A money-making machine" (pg 617)
Who created the club by the name of "The Order of the Guardian knot?
Lewis Henry Morgan (pg. 636)
What year did Las Casas recognize his mistreatment of the Indians?
1514 (pg.631)
What "Age" were the Plebeians in during Vico's time?
Age of Peoples
What "Society" did Marxists call the discovery of the hidden dimensions of history?
"Science of Society" (pg 621)
Who did Morgan's Iroquois friend charm as a dinner companion?
Ely Parker (pg. 638)
In what place did Freud believe the central problems of human life lay?
In its hidden dimensions. (pg. 623)