Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Aristotle was one of Socrates' most brilliant students.
2. For Aristotle, the Forms have no existence outside the world of things.
3. A teleological theory is a theory about the nature of God.
4. According to Aristotle, everything has a function in the order of things, except for man-made things.
5. According to Aristotle, we determine what a thing's purpose is by investigating what the thing in question does best.


1. False
2. True
3. False
4. False
5. True

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Why do some scholars question whether or not the concept of "religion" is useful?

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