Explain Augustine's view of the soul
In what ways did he borrow from Plato?
- Augustine's synthesis of Platonic and Christian concepts was a major influence in the development of medieval Christian doctrine and western philosophy.
- Plato's vision of a bifurcated universe with one realm of perfect Forms and another that can be perceived by sight and touch was adapted by Augustine to the Christian idea of transcendent God.
- Plato's vision of immortal souls striving to achieve union with this eternal realm through intellectual enlightenment was transformed by Augustine into immortal souls striving to achieve union with God through faith and reason.
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Please provide the best answer for the statement.
Plato concluded that all existing states are bad.
a. true b. false
Common sense plays an important supporting role in _______
A. deciding what observations are important B. shaping our background knowledge C. recording observations carefully D. making logical deductions
Which causal argument is stronger?
a. There’s at least one good thing coming from widespread unemployment. More people are taking college courses. A study of college attendance in twelve counties with the lowest employment numbers showed that each had large enrollment numbers for the last two semesters. This is the only possible cause common to all twelve counties, since they had different income levels, different percentages of high school graduates, and different rates of previous college attendance. b. There’s at least one good thing coming from widespread unemployment. More people are taking college courses. A study of college attendance in twelve counties with the lowest employment numbers showed that each had large enrollment numbers for the last two semesters. This is the only possible cause common to all twelve counties.