Believes in God but not in the sacred scriptures;

One of the following is not a confutation of the theory of “mental pictures”:

The limits of our language are the limits of our world

One of the following sentences about Schopenhauer is not correct:

He exchanged letters with Leopardi;

Which sentence best describes Schopenhauer’s concept of will?

It is blind, irrational, supra-individual;

When Hannah Arendt pointed out that Eichmann was “banally evil” she meant that:

He had lost empathy & the capacity to think by himself;

What basically characterizes our existence, according to Kierkegaard, is that...

We have to shape it through decisions;

Don Giovanni, Counsellor William, and Abraham, are, in Kierkegaard’s philosophy symbols of :

(In this order) The aesthetical, ethical & religious stage;

Is a symbol that reproduces stylized male & female genitals;

According to Nietzsche, monumental history is positive because:

It gives us hope for future greatness

One of these sentences about Plato is not correct:

In his youth he worked as a sculptor

One of these sentences about Seneca is correct:

He is not the founder of Stoicism

Darwin’s Origin of Species:

Implied that humans share an ancestor with other species

The correct names of the proofs used by Thomas Aquinas to demonstrate the existence of God:

1.Unmoved mover 2.1st Mover 3.Contingency 4.Degree 5.Design

Who stated “Hell is other people”?

Sartre referring to the tension of humans' mutual perception

One of the following sentences about Friedrich Nietzsche is correct:

He was a philologist and he composed music;

The Italian gesture made by Sraffa showed Wittgenstein that...

Communication does not always need a logical form;

According to Heidegger the Seinsfrage...

Has been forgotten/wrongly answered by Western philosophers

Hume states that causality does not really exist; it can be analysed and reduced to...

Temporal succession, spatial contingency, habit

Loves you a lot because he sees the good sides of everyone;

Is, according to Muslim doctrine, God’s word;

Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus contains:

The pictorial theory of language;

Basically, with the concept of overhuman, Nietzsche wants to state that:

We can freely reinvent the concept of human being

Simone de Beauvoir’s feminism is the theory according to which...

Society repressed women and assigned them conventional roles

According to Sartre human beings...

Are “condemned to be free”;

Marx states that the problem with work's organization in industrial-capitalist society is that:

Only a few people possess the means of production;

Was founded by Siddhartha Gautama;

According to Descartes, God must exist because...

His idea is perfect so we cannot have invented it;

Keep the study of astronomy and the Bible separated

This is the best way to slip into inauthentic existence according to Heidegger:

Be engaged in chatter and concerned with things here and now

Aleps wants to impress Paola and Berenice with a quotation from Simone de Beauvoir, so he says:

“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman”

Which sequence of adjectives best describes (in this order) Descartes – Hume – Kant?

Rationalist – empiricist – transcendental;

One of these sentences about Leopardi is not correct:

He studied in a religious school;

Only one of these lists contains Nietzschean concepts:

Transvaluation of values, Overhuman, God is dead

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1
A deist:
Believes in the scared scriptures but not in God;
Believes in the sacred scriptures and in God;
Believes in God but not in the sacred scriptures;
Believes what the clergy teach him or her;
2
One of the following is not a confutation of the theory of “mental pictures”:
The limits of our language are the limits of our world
We can use terms like "justice" and "because"
We do not see a mental movie when we listen to a description
There is no common essence for things with the same name
3
One of the following sentences about Schopenhauer is not correct:
He followed Kant’s philosophy of knowledge;
He was influenced by Hinduism;
He exchanged letters with Leopardi;
He wrote The World as Will and Representation;
4
Which sentence best describes Schopenhauer’s concept of will?
It is blind, cruel, intentional;
It is blind, irrational, supra-individual;
It is physical, supra-individual, musical;
It is rational, irresistible, manipulative;
5
When Hannah Arendt pointed out that Eichmann was “banally evil” she meant that:
He had lost empathy & the capacity to think by himself;
He was one of the few close friends of Adolf Hitler’s;
He was one of the many evil geniuses that supported Nazism;
He followed Nazism despite his superior intelligence;
6
What basically characterizes our existence, according to Kierkegaard, is that...
We have to shape it through decisions;
We should listen to God’s voice;
We have to fill it with pleasure;
We can reach total happiness;
7
Yiddish is:
A scholar who invented modern Hebrew;
The name of “Western Europe” in Hebrew;
A current of Judaism;
A language;
8
Don Giovanni, Counsellor William, and Abraham, are, in Kierkegaard’s philosophy symbols of :
The three ages of human beings;
(In this order) The ethical,religious & aesthethical stage;
(In this order) The aesthetical, ethical & religious stage;
None of the preceding three;
9
A linga:
None of the preceding three;
Is a typical Buddhist talisman;
Is a symbol that reproduces stylized male & female genitals;
Can be used as a lamp;
10
Hume identifies as the source of all knowledge...
The Bible;
Math;
The feelings;
The senses;
11
According to Nietzsche, monumental history is positive because:
It is entertaining
It consoles us from our present misery
It allows us to know where we come from
It gives us hope for future greatness
12
One of the following statements correctly describes, respectively, Plato and Aristotle:
Post-Socratic and scientific
Empiricist and rationalist
Materialist and idealist
Idealist and materialist
13
"Ragazzi, state tranquilli" means:
“What is that balloon doing on my desk?”
“Jürgen, Verónica, what are you watching?”
“Gibby, shut up!”
“Guys, be quiet.”
14
One of these sentences about Plato is not correct:
In his youth he worked as a sculptor
He came from a rich family
He founded a school called Academia
He was sold as a slave
15
All pre-Socratics were looking for a principle/substance that could explain the world. It was:
Ark
Arché
Argh
Archaic
16
One of these sentences about Seneca is correct:
He was born in Britannia
He was secretly Christian
He is not the founder of Stoicism
He was accused of conspiracy by Caligula
17
One of these is the correct expression with which Augustine describes time:
Extensio Christi
Extensio animi
Tempus fugit
Extensio spiriti
18
Darwin’s Origin of Species:
Was rejected by the theologian Kingsley as an impious book
Implied that humans share an ancestor with other species
Contained mathematical schemes that proved God's inexistence
Contained the first theory of genes
19
The correct names of the proofs used by Thomas Aquinas to demonstrate the existence of God:
1.Unmoved mover 2.1st Mover 3.Contingency 4.Degree 5.Design
1.Unmover 2.Universe Beauty 3.Contingency 4.Degree 5.Destiny
1.Moved unmover 2.1st Loser 3.Contingency 4.Degree 5.Design
1.Unmoved mover 2.1st Mover 3.Celibacy 4.Degree 5.Design
20
The dialogue written by Plato that contains the theory of love (Aristophanes' tale):
Androgynous
Syncretic
Symposium
Titans and Gods
21
Who stated “Hell is other people”?
Simone de Beauvoir referring to the limitation of women
Sartre in order to refer to the Nazi occupation of France
Sartre referring to the tension of humans' mutual perception
Stefano after a seminar at Tec from 4 to 9 pm
22
The two elements of representation according to Schopenhauer:
Subject and object;
Subject and project;
Will and sensitivity;
Object and nothingness;
23
One of the following sentences about Friedrich Nietzsche is correct:
He was a war hero;
He was Austrian;
He wrote Madame Zarathustra;
He was a philologist and he composed music;
24
The Italian gesture made by Sraffa showed Wittgenstein that...
The pictorical theory of the Tractatus was accurate;
Body language can express more than verbal one;
Sraffa was bored while reading the Tractatus;
Communication does not always need a logical form;
25
According to Heidegger the Seinsfrage...
Has been forgotten/wrongly answered by Western philosophers
Is the greatest anthropological mystery
Can be answered by fusing the study of metaphysics with math
Can be answered with the concept of being and being present
26
The women that Don Giovanni had in Turkey, according to Leporello’s list, were:
90
92
89
91
27
Hume states that causality does not really exist; it can be analysed and reduced to...
Temporal succession, spatial contingency, feeling a divinity
Temporal succession, space forces, intellect
None of the preceding three
Temporal succession, spatial contingency, habit
28
Your teacher...:
Is a secret agent sent to spy on Mexican society;
Loves you a lot because he sees the good sides of everyone;
Is a master of English and fashion;
Knows more than you so he is superior to you;
29
The Qur’an:
Contains strict instructions of how a woman should dress;
Is one of the five pillars of Islam;
Is, according to Muslim doctrine, God’s word;
Was written by the Prophet and memorized by pious monks;
30
Gerardo to Jano: “I am afraid of the possibility of the impossibility of all possibilities.”:
He's afraid of... Time
He's afraid of... Being
He's afraid of... Metaphysics
He's afraid of... Death
31
A sophist, he wrote a Praise of Helen of Troy to argue that language is the most powerful tool:
Desmadritus
Gorgias
Anaximenes
Protagoras
32
One of these sentences is correct about the elements of Leopardi’s Canto notturno:
A shepherd, a dog, the moon, a goddess
A shepherd, the moon, the ginestra (a strong plant)
A shepherd, the moon
A shepherd, a goddess
33
Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus contains:
The pictorial theory of language;
The theory of language as game;
The basics of linguistic existentialism;
A philosophical interpretation of typical Italian gestures;
34
One of the problems of Descartes’ philosophical system, according to his critics, was:
The solipsism of God;
The malignant god of math;
The role of structure and superstructure;
The dualism mind/matter;
35
Basically, with the concept of overhuman, Nietzsche wants to state that:
People who are very intellectual and aggressive are superior
We should love humanity
We can freely reinvent the concept of human being
Some races are superior and should dominate earth
36
Simone de Beauvoir’s feminism is the theory according to which...
Women are superior to men but they have not realized it yet;
Society repressed women and assigned them conventional roles
The love of a mother is superior to that of a man and woman;
Female anatomy is not so different from male one;
37
According to Sartre human beings...
Are constantly fighting each other (homo homini lupus);
Are “free to condemn”;
Can and should “become gods”;
Are “condemned to be free”;
38
The 2 main ideals of Seneca’s stoicism, referring to self-sufficiency and freedom from passions
Autarcheia & Autocracy
Autarcheia & Ataraxia
Ataraxia & Autarcheia
Anarchy & Autarcheia
39
In Plato’s theory, the supreme idea, on which all other ideas depend, and symbolized by the sun
The idea of light
The idea of Beauty
The idea of good
The idea of God
40
Marx states that the problem with work's organization in industrial-capitalist society is that:
The prices are high and only a few people can live decently;
Only a few people possess the means of production;
Factories pollute the environment;
Machines do all the work;
41
Buddhism:
Is older than Hinduism;
Has a pope called Dalai Lama;
Is based on “five pillars”;
Was founded by Siddhartha Gautama;
42
According to Descartes, God must exist because...
His existence was demonstrated by the sacrifice of Jesus;
He gives us hope;
The Bible can be historically demonstrated;
His idea is perfect so we cannot have invented it;
43
Galilei wanted to:
Keep the study of astronomy and the Bible separated
Introduce the cult of science
Defend geocentrism on a rigorous scientific basis
Show that geocentrism and Copernicanism differ
44
Kant wrote:
The Critique of Pure Vision;
The Critique of Pure Reason;
Reasons of a Pure Critique;
The Reason as Will and Representation;
45
Kierkegaard can be considered the father of:
Two beautiful kids called Kristen & Gunther;
Exitationalism;
Existentialism;
Excitationalism;
46
This is the best way to slip into inauthentic existence according to Heidegger:
Be engaged in chatter and concerned with things here and now
You “decide not to decide”, jump from pleasure to pleasure
You base your vision of the world on religion
You study rationalist philosophers such as Descartes
47
Aleps wants to impress Paola and Berenice with a quotation from Simone de Beauvoir, so he says:
“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman”
“God is female!”
“The limits of my language are the limits of my world”
“Tennis is life!”
48
One of these is not a pre-Socratic cosmologist:
Protagoras
Heraclitus
Thales
Democritus
49
Which sequence of adjectives best describes (in this order) Descartes – Hume – Kant?
Rationalist – empiricist – transcendental;
Transcendental – rationalist – empiricist;
Empiricist – rationalist – transcendental;
Empiricist – pessimist – sceptic;
50
One of these sentences about Leopardi is not correct:
His thought had two phases: historical and cosmic pessimism;
He is classified as pessimist;
He studied in a religious school;
He wrote a history of astronomy when he was a teenager;
51
Only one of these lists contains Nietzschean concepts:
Transmission of values, Overhuman, God is an overhuman
Transvaluation of values, Overhuman, God is dead
Transcendentalization of values, Overhuman, Nazi superiority
Transvaluation of values, Overhuman, God is deaf
52
According to Descartes we cannot even take the truth of math for granted because...
A malignant god might be deceiving us;
It is based on the senses that can be wrong;
It is less certain than geometry;
We have not discovered all the laws of math;
53
Following Hannah Arendt, in a totalitarian state...
Communist ideas dominate the state;
The citizens are totally controlled by using terror;
Nazi ideas dominate the government;
The citizens believe they belong to a superior race;
54
One of these is the correct list of Aristotelian causes:
Materialist – Formal – Moving – Final
Materials – Formal – Moving – Finale
Material – Formal – Movie – Final
Material – Formal – Moving – Final
55
One of these is not a monist:
Parmenides
Anaximander
Empedocles
Heraclitus
56
The Upanishad:
Are part of the Veda;
Recall the adventures of Hanuman;
Were originally written in Latin and inspired Schopenhauer;
Inspired Nietzsche;
57
According to Kant, the existence of God and of an immortal soul...
Cannot be demonstrated but should be believed;
Cannot be believed but can be demonstrated;
Cannot be believed but should be demonstrated;
Can be believed and demonstrated transcendentally;
58
Socrates was compared to:
A midwife, a shield, a magnet, a gadfly
A magnet, an electric ray, a midwife, a gadfly
A ray fish, a shield, a magnet, a bridge
A magnet, a cow, a ray fish, a sword
59
One of these sentences is not correct:
Socrates' fees were convenient for poor people
Socrates said he was followed by a demon
Socrates came from Athens
Socrates’ adversaries did not want him dead
60
Following Karl Marx, human beings are the only ones that can:
Work;
Create their own existence;
Create, through work, their own conditions of existence;
Exist freely in nature;

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