The philosopher who popularized the thought of Isaac Newton was ______.

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


Answer: Voltaire in his work Elements of the Philosophy of Newton

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A critique of the view of human nature as social with positive potentialities would be:

a. “Benign aggression” is biologically adaptive and instinctive in animals and people. b. Culture exists for people, not people for culture; we will more and more “make culture” as active, reflective agents rather than be made by it as empty, reactive puppets. c. Some social scientists have observed that when external and internal restrictions are removed and a person feels free to move in any direction, the person moves toward “full functioning.” d. Human greed and violence of the regimes that followed the French and Russian revolutions equated or exceeded that of the old regimes they replaced.

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INSTRUCTIONS: Use an ordinary truth table to answer the following problems. Construct the truth table as per the instructions in the textbook. Statement 1D Given the following statement: ? (H ?

A) ? (A ? H) Statement 1D is: A) Self-contradictory. B) Inconsistent. C) Consistent. D) Tautologous. E) Contingent.

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In order to decide what to believe, the Epicurean thinks:

a. we should use our senses. b. we should use reason. c. we should trust what the majority says. d. we should use our will correctly. e. none of these answers.

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The movement emphasizing ecstatic piety is called

a. Haggadah b. Midrash c. Hasidism d. Pesach

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