What philosopher wrote that life without government would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short"?

a. John Locke
b. John Rawls
c. Thomas Hobbes
d. John Stuart Mill


ANSWER: c

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What will be an ideal response?

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According to Kant, space and time are objective features of reality in itself

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Sometimes, when SanterĂ­a practitioners are in trance,

A. they throw themselves on knives without being harmed. B. they draw sacred images on palm leaves, which are then burnt during a service. C. they magically become a god, with some of the god's characteristics. D. they see complex geometrical designs in their imaginations.

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