Daoist thinking can be very abstract, as illustrated by the story of the butterfly. What is the central theme of this anecdote?
a. Man sheds his skin as a butterfly sheds his pupa.
b. A butterfly is capable of gaining superhuman power.
c. It is impossible to tell whether Zhuang Zhou or the butterfly is the one dreaming.
d. The butterfly is man transformed into the Perfect Man.
e. The butterfly represents immortality.
c
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a. American Civil Liberties Union b. Judiciary Act of 1789. c. Bail Reform Act of 1966. d. Bail Reform Act of 1984.
What was the fate of W. E. B. Du Bois’s Appeal to the World, a petition submitted to the U.N. to draw attention to the plight of African Americans?
a. It was brought before the General Assembly, which voted to condemn the United States for human rights abuses. b. It received a significant amount of press attention, but failed to make it before the General Assembly. c. It was brought before the General Assembly which, under strong pressure from the United States, voted to deny its charges. d. It was brought before the General Assembly by delegate Eleanor Roosevelt, who used it as evidence that the people of democratic societies could question their governments with impunity.
The Indian visionaries were hermit teachers living in the forests of the Gangetic states to “draw [disciples] near” to themselves (the meaning of the Sanskrit “______”).
a. Upanishad. b. Sutra. c. Antimony. d. Tantra.
In response to the breakout of the civil war in Spain, the U.S. government joined with Britain and France in an agreement to
A. offer help to whichever side would repudiate any diplomatic contact with Hitler's regime. B. use the conflict as a means of establishing military positions in Spain. C. support Franco's regime. D. offer no help to either side. E. support the republican side.