Why could Descartes not appeal to Aquinas' arguments for the existence of God?
a. He believed they were false
b. Descartes lived before Aquinas
c. They rested on claims about the external world
d. They were Aristotelian in nature
ANS: C
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A) All successful people are confident people. B) Some people who are not confident are people who are not successful. C) Some successful people are confident people. D) All confident people are successful people. E) No unsuccessful people are confident people.
Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage."Will women like our new menu? Let's ask one of the female servers. As a woman, she will know."
What will be an ideal response?
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Camus thinks that the Myth of Sisyphus shows that life is absurd. 2. Camus thinks that religion alone can give life true meaning. 3. Sisyphus was a Greek hero who saved Greece by rolling a bolder up Mt. Olympus. 4. The Myth of Sisyphus shows that even a harsh life can have meaning. 5. Not life, but the quality of life is important.
In Luke's Gospel, Jesus is portrayed as
A. concerned and forgiving. B. focused and scholarly. C. ethereal and removed from his surroundings. D. unswerving in his mission.