A key reason that geometry and mathematics are important in many philosophical traditions is that
a. these disciplines also have practical uses for everyday life.
b. these areas of study are essential to understand the movement of the stars and planets.
c. they help to develop the logical faculties of the human mind.
d. they show that reality can be invisible and untouchable, yet open to reason.
Answer: d. they show that reality can be invisible and untouchable, yet open to reason.
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Which of the following was true of the American revolutionaries?
A) Throughout the Revolutionary War, the revolutionaries had no official central authority. B) The revolutionaries could easily raise money as many people, including wealthy landlords, were willing to fund for the Revolutionary War. C) The revolutionaries reported to Thomas Paine. D) All of the revolutionaries' decisions were made by John Adams, the official central authority of the Continental Army. E) All of the revolutionaries were well trained and paid by the Continental Congress.
The magnificent Dome of the Rock is in what city?
A) Mecca B) Jerusalem C) Damascus D) Medina
Philip II was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1575 and sue for peace for the Ottomans in 1580 because:
a. The Armada he had sent to attack England had gone down in defeat. b. He had decided to abdicate his throne in favor of his son Charles V. c. He had failed to suppress a ruinously expensive rebellion in the Netherlands. d. He had spent lavishly in his attempt to win the hand of Queen Mary I of England.
The harsh criticism of churches in ____ by ____ was an extreme example of the anticlericalism and rationalism of the Revolutionary era that challenged American Calvinist orthodoxy
a. the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom; Thomas Jefferson b. Poor Richard's Almanack; Benjamin Franklin c. The Age of Reason; Thomas Paine d. "The American Scholar"; Ralph Waldo Emerson e. Charlotte Temple; Susanna Rowson