Exam 1: The Asian Sages: Lao-Tzu, Confucius, and Buddha

Nirvana is the annihilation of

How many Noble Truths are there?

"Tao" means "thought."

What is love of learning akin to, according to Confucius?

For Confucius, virtue is potent.

Who was Buddha's closest disciple?

What is meant by the Buddhist claim that "to exist is to suffer"? Do you believe that this is necessarily true? Why, or why not?

"Chun-tzu" literally means

Which should we prefer, Yin or Yang, and why?

Epictetus was a Stoic.

The Tao refers to

A person who turns away from pleasure to find peace of mind is

Lao-tzu advocated doing nothing to accomplish great deeds.

Heraclitus said that all things are static.

Do you believe that there are important elements of human experience that cannot be articulated in words? If so, do you think that such a failure would undermine any attempt to understand them? If not, why do you think that so many philosophers have believed that this is the case?

Tao is also known as

Confucius saw himself as a creator of something new.

What must we pass over in silence, according to Wittgenstein?

Confucius characterized the Tao as a moral Mean.

The Analects is an important Indian text.