Compare and contrast Skepticism and Cynicism.
What will be an ideal response?
Both Skepticism and Cynicism were critical of other philosophies, contending that they
were either completely false or irrelevant to human needs. However, the two schools
differ in their solution to this problem. Skepticism promoted believing in nothing, and
Cynicism promoted a retreat from society.
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a. the feature level. c. Both a and b b. the word level. d. Neither a nor b
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