In order to express his intuitive grasp of his own existence, Bergson uses the

metaphor of



a) a constantly changing kaleidoscope.
b) a river flowing to the ocean.
c) an infinitely small piece of elastic.
d) a tiny flame in the heart


c) an infinitely small piece of elastic.

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Confucius believed that learning should be open to ______ classes of men

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Write a brief statement of basic Daoist and Confucian ethics.

What will be an ideal response?

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The __________ branch of Protestant Christianity holds that infants should not be baptized

a. Anabaptist b. Anglican c. Lutheran d. Methodist e. Reformed

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INSTRUCTIONS: In each problem below you are given a statement, its truth value in parentheses, and an operation/relation to be performed on that statement. You must identify the new statement and the truth value of the new statement. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint and assume that 'A' and 'B' denote things that actually exist. All A are non-B. (F) Obversion

A) No B are non-A. (Und.) B) Some A are not non-B. (T) C) All B are non-A. (F) D) No A are non-B. (F) E) No A are B. (F)

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