According to your text, all of the following were basic tenets of most existentialist thinkers EXCEPT
a. reason alone cannot guide our lives.
b. thoughts need to be acted on.
c. human existence has no externally determined purpose.
d. human life cannot have meaning.
e. self-realization comes when one's uniqueness is affirmed.
d
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A. The highest rate of infection was occurring in populations for which mainstream American society had little concern. B. It was thought that latex condoms could stop the virus, but they couldn't. C. The Centers for Disease Control was understaffed and underfunded after congressional budget cuts. D. The virus was easily transmittable through casual contact.
How did some northern communities react to fugitive slave laws prior to 1850?
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What was the most important source of patriotic wartime propaganda in the United States during World War II?
A) the War Department B) the Committee on Public Information C) the Hollywood motion picture industry D) the Library of Congress
Which of the following was not a reason the United States went to war with Great Britain in 1812?
A) An economic recession affected the South and West after 1808. B) Many Americans believed that British policy was damaging America's economy. C) President Madison's believed that Britain wished to eliminate the United States as an economic rival. D) New England merchants wanted the government to protect their shipping. E) Britain was impressing American sailors and violating American neutral rights.