Sartre's "first principle of existentialism" is the idea that _______
A. "People are born with certain basic instincts that influence and determine how they behave."
B. "If we knew the person thoroughly, and knew all the inducements which are acting upon him, we could foretell his conduct with as much certainty as we can predict any physical event."
C. "Man's life is a line that nature commands him to describe upon the surface of the earth, without his ever being able to swerve from it, even for an instant."
D. "Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself."
Answer: D
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Al-Ashari taught that God creates belief in the Muslim and disbelief in the infidel and that any
perception of human decision is, in fact, an illusion.
True False
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What will be an ideal response?