Galileo defined secondary qualities as

What will be an ideal response?


qualities that do not reside inherently in matter but arise only after the primary qualities impinge on the human senses.

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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct translation for each statement. Goats and sheep are contented only if they are not hungry

A) (x){[(Gx • Sx) ? (?Hx ? Cx)] B) (x){[(Gx ?Sx) ? (?Hx ? Cx)] C) (x){?Hx ? [(Gx ? Sx) ? Cx]} D) (x)[(Gx • Sx) ? (Cx ? ?Hx)] E) (x)[(Gx ? Sx) ? (Cx ? ?Hx)]

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The "standard modern position" of governments, as described by Finnis, holds that

a. people should be free to do as they wish, so long as they do not harm others, and the state should take no stance toward private behavior. b. the state should not control private, adult, consensual behavior, but the state may attempt to shape the moral environment and moral attitudes and beliefs. c. the state has no role whatsoever in the area of morality, and must confine itself exclusively to issues of legal rights. d. the state should be absolutely minimal, and should not do anything that is not essential for the functioning of society. e. the state should follow international laws and universal principles in setting its rules and policies.

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The word "Cynic" comes from the Greek for "dog"

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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Which of the following was not one of the three principles that Placher said "guided the debate" about Christology?

A) Do not threaten the means of salvation; B) Do not contradict the Bible C) Do not trust in the powers of human reason; D) Do not interfere with the liturgy.

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