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Friday, March 30, 2012

Taoist of Two exam questions (sec 8)

1. What did Voltaire believe the existence of the world proved?
A: That a creator exists, but nothing more.


2. Who wrote the "Philosophical Dictionary"?
A: Voltaire

3. What did Descartes believe about free will?
A: "No one, not human beings, not God, could have free will."

4. Which book did Bruno have to preface with instance that he was not joking?
A: On the Infinite Universe and Worlds

5. Who said, "If anyone begins to vomit forth syllogisms, I advise you to take flight." ?
A: Petrarch

6. Who is the first known woman to support herself by writing?
A: Christine de Pisan

7. What does the Zohar stress? 
A: the acts of repentance and savoring the bitterness of exile.

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