During the earliest times (1000 B.C.E.) why did varna play a part in making the Aryans superior to the
natives of India?
a. They had a larger army.
b. The gods said it was to be.
c. They brought food and knowledge to the land.
d. The light-skinned Aryans were the conquerors.
D
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Kant believed that determinism is true of every possible event and object of human knowledge, including human actions
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Logically necessary truths are examples of a posteriori knowledge.
a. true b. false
Which of the following statements is true about A. J. Ayer's approach to ethical theory?
a. He believed that the world was full of "gray," meaning that nothing was verifiable, too many shades of truth existing. b. He believed that there are tests for truth available for religious and ethical propositions. c. He supported attempts to provide a theoretical basis for ethics. d. He maintained that the only meaningful propositions were verifiable ones.
One of the creation poems of the Rig-Veda (x.90) provides the earliest allusion to __________
a. the belief that men are superior to women b. the four-fold class (varna) system that would later evolve into the complex Indian caste system c. the universe being essentially the body of a giant d. the importance of human sacrifice for the ordering of social life e. none of the above