With regard to pleasures, Epicurus thinks:
a. we should pursue all pleasures.
b. we should pursue no pleasures at all.
c. we should pursue pleasures only if no pains follow from them.
d. that pleasure has no importance whatsoever.
e. b and d.
c
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About how many animals are used for experiments each year in the US?
A) 1.5 million B) 25 million C) 30 million D) 70 million
Throughout this test, write your answer on the form provided. Erasure marks may cause the grading machine to mark your answer wrong. INSTRUCTIONS: The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each. Governments do many things. They wage war or encourage peace, and they cultivate or restrict international
trade. They open their borders to the exchange of ideas or they close them. They tax their populations heavily or lightly, and through different means, allocate resources for education, health and welfare, or leave such matters to others. Gabriel A. Almond, et al., Comparative Politics Today, 7th ed. A) Argument; conclusion: They wage war ... international trade. B) Argument; conclusion: They tax ... leave such matters to others. C) Nonargument. D) Argument; conclusion: They open their borders ... or they close them. E) Argument; conclusion: Governments do many things.
Which of the following is the newest of the Vedic texts?
a. The Upanishads b. The Aranyakas c. The Brahmanas d. The Puranas