We do not need to accomplish things in life that are permanent in
order to find meaning in life, according to Thomas Nagel.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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Who were the sophists, and why did they oppose Socrates?
I know they are a group in Greece and what else?
Historical depictions of Mesopotamia refer to
a. all of the land around the Mediterranean Sea. b. the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. c. the name of Utnapishtim's ship. d. the moat around a ziggurat
When Nietzsche writes that Socrates and other Western philosophers have turned "reason into a tyrant," he
A) ?shares the author of Ecclesiastes's belief that "all is vanity." B) ?agrees with the idea that the meaning of life should be based on the pursuit of wisdom. C) ?means that a life single-mindedly devoted to reason is a fanatical life. D) ?agrees with Buddhists, who look to nirvana as the extinction of all desires that lead to suffering.
According to Confucius, the virtue of practicing rituals is important because
A) rituals enable people to harmonize without coercion. B) rituals enable people to avoid difficult social encounters. C) rituals can create mystical states of consciousness. D) God mandated such actions.