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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the concepts of praise or blame indicate according to Aristotle?

2. What does not affect France like it does Germany and England?

3. To answer Rousseau, what satirical story does Voltaire write about the best of all possible worlds?

4. What do Voltaire's letter criticizing France formulate in the French people?

5. Although science and philosophy exists in Greece before their times, who were the teachers who greatly advanced the fields?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe Plato's ideal rulers.

2. what methodology marks a difference in the thought processes of Plato and Aristotle?

3. How does Durant see the evolution of stoicism into the Christian religion?

4. How does the scope of Bacon's philosophy miss his goal?

5. How does Bacon's reconstruction exceed the work of Aristotle?

6. Describe Spinoza's synonymous dichotomies.

7. Explain Aristotle's definition of God.

8. Contrast Aristotle's Lyceum with Plato's Academy.

9. Why is Aristotle's philosophy often criticized as dry and uninteresting?

10. Who are the students of Socrates?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on philosopher-kings. Include in your essay the way proponents of philosopher-kings probably saw themselves as able to govern justly. Explain why the theory that sounds well never worked well in reality.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on Spencer's idea that a militant society exalts certain virtues and condones what other people might call crimes. Use the modern debate over the use of torture in wartime investigations as an example.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on Schopenhauer's contention that character lies in the will and not the intellect. Explain what he means and give your opinion of his conclusion.

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