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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 does Nietzsche claim the English Darwinians, French positivists and German socialists reject ?
2. What is the distinction of his book, The Birth of Tragedy out of the Spirit of Music?
3. What does Bergson uphold that is distinct from the organism, but is limited by its characteristics?
4. How does Kant classify an action done in accord with one's inner sense of duty?
5. Who is a contemporary of Kant's who writes so as to confound, confuse and attract disciples at the same time?
Short Essay Questions
1. Define the contrast between Bergson and Croce.
2. What does Nietzsche's first and only completed book prove?
3. What is the value Kant sees of the Bible and the churches?
4. How does Kant respond after reading Berkeley, Hume, and Rousseau?
5. Define the difference between the study of science and the study of social studies and political affairs.
6. Describe the two periods of Bertram Russell's philosophical life.
7. What select group is Schopenhauer included in during the first half of the 19th century?
8. How does Kant's work ironically work against his stated aim?
9. Briefly discuss Bergson's idea of creative evolution.
10. Analyzing religious ideas in First Principles, what does Spencer conclude?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay on the philosopher in Durant's book that you find the most interesting. Include in your essay examples of that philosopher's work that are of particular interest to you.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay on philosophy and women's rights. In your essay include Aristotle, Nietzsche, and other philosophers and their position on women. Include how the women's rights issue has changed in modern times and what changes still need to be made.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay on Spinoza's idea that one thing may be good, bad, or indifferent all at the same time which he illustrates by music. In your essay identify and explain how something like modern electronics may be good, bad, or indifferent all at the same time.
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