June 22 Chapters 19-20
and 1-4 questions
Don Enss
Chapter 19. Secrets
of the Heavens: Plato, Galileo, and the New Science
1. According
to Herman, what of Plato’s lurks in the deepest recesses of modern science?
2. What
was it that led to a series of astounding discoveries that tore the wheels off
the entire Aristotelian and Ptolemaic system?
3. “The
universe, Galileo wrote, ‘is written in the language of mathematics, and its
characters are triangles, circles, and other geometric figures, without which
it is humanly impossible to understand a single world of it.’ Without
mathematics, he concluded, “_____________________?”
4. Why
did Galileo protest that he was a better Aristotelian than his opponents?
Chapter 20. God,
Kings, and Philosophers in the Age of Genius
1. According
to Sir Francis Bacon, where does a cosmos governed by impersonal mechanical
laws leave us a rational creatures?
2. According
to Herman, “Descartes was no atheist. But (Henry) More worried that his view of
the world must inevitably lead to atheism.” Why?
3. According
to Herman, “Self-governing societies seemed doomed to be free but unstable.
Because they existed in time, and to men’s passions, they would inevitably hit
a walk.” What city was the one exception?
4.
What
was John Locke’s view about absolute monarchy?
Chapter 1-4 A
Philosophy of Walking
1. According
to Gros, “when you are walking, there is only one sort of performance that
counts.” What is it?
2. In
Hindu philosophy, what are the four stages on the journey through life?
3. According
to Nietzsche, “our first questions about the value of a book, of a human being,
or a musical competition are:” What?
4.
How is the big separation between outside
and inside turned upside down by walking?
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