Question 1

How does Unamuno say he would react if he learned that death brought about the end of our existence?

Accepted Answer

A)  With indifference 
B)  With despair and a sense of meaninglessness 
C)  With delight and joy 
D)  With puzzlement 
A)  With indifference 
B)  With despair and a sense of meaninglessness 
C)  With delight and joy 
D)  With puzzlement B

Question 2

Unamuno believes it is possible for us to conceive of what it would be like not to exist.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

According to Unamuno, the desire for personal immortality

Accepted Answer

A)  is the starting point of philosophy and human knowledge 
B)  is fundamentally wrongheaded 
C)  is essential to human life 
D)  (a) and c 
A)  is the starting point of philosophy and human knowledge 
B)  is fundamentally wrongheaded 
C)  is essential to human life 
D)  (a) and c D

Question 4

Which of the following best expresses Unamuno's view regarding reason and immortality?

Accepted Answer

A)  Reason can convincingly prove our immortality. 
B)  Reason can convincingly prove our mortality. 
C)  Reason cannot settle the question of whether we are mortal or immortal. 
D)  We should believe in our immortality regardless of what reason dictates. 
A)  Reason can convincingly prove our immortality. 
B)  Reason can convincingly prove our mortality. 
C)  Reason cannot settle the question of whether we are mortal or immortal. 
D)  We should believe in our immortality regardless of what reason dictates.

Question 5

Unamuno claims that we are both unable to conceive of ourselves as not existing but also unable to fully accept that we are immortal. Are these two claims correct? Why or why not? If so, is there any way out of this apparent dilemma?

Accepted Answer

Unamuno's claims about our inability to

Question 6

"Faith in immortality is irrational," according to Unamuno. Is that correct? If so, what implications does that have for how we ought to live our lives?

Accepted Answer

According to Unamuno, faith in immortali

Question 7

Unamuno's reaction to those who profess to be indifferent to whether they are immoral is

Accepted Answer

A)  disbelief 
B)  anger 
C)  amusement 
D)  envy 
A)  disbelief 
B)  anger 
C)  amusement 
D)  envy

Exam 5: The Tragic Sense of Life Excerpts

How does Unamuno say he would react if he learned that death brought about the end of our existence?

Unamuno believes it is possible for us to conceive of what it would be like not to exist.

According to Unamuno, the desire for personal immortality

Which of the following best expresses Unamuno's view regarding reason and immortality?

Unamuno claims that we are both unable to conceive of ourselves as not existing but also unable to fully accept that we are immortal. Are these two claims correct? Why or why not? If so, is there any way out of this apparent dilemma?

"Faith in immortality is irrational," according to Unamuno. Is that correct? If so, what implications does that have for how we ought to live our lives?

Unamuno's reaction to those who profess to be indifferent to whether they are immoral is

Defining Death

Defining Death in a Technological World

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What It Is to Die

Can We Survive Our Deaths

The Possibility of an Afterlife

Letter to Menoeceus

Two Arguments for Epicureanism

Why Death Is Not Bad for the One Who Dies

Death Is Bad for Us When Were Dead

Making Death Not Quite As Bad for the One Who Dies

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If You Want to Die Later, Then Why Dont You Want to Have Been Born Earlier

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The Epic of Gilgamesh Excerpts

The Story of the Man Who Did Not Wish to Die

How to Live a Never-Ending Novela

Taking Stock of the Risks of Life Without Death

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Death, Mortality, and Meaning

Fitting Attitudes Towards Deprivations

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Setting the Wheel of Dhamma in Motion Excerpts

Voluntary Death Excerpts

Letter to Lucilius

Why Grieve

The Significance of Future Generations

Death and Survival Online

Whether One Is Allowed to Kill Oneself Excerpts

Of Suicide Excerpts

Suicide Is Sometimes Rational and Morally Defensible

Suicide and Its Discontents

An Irrational Suicide

World As Will and Representation Excerpts

Death in Mind

Meaning in Life in Spite of Death

Out of the Blue Into the Black

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