Question 1

Which of the following would be an all-important question for someone who sees life as a disease?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Can desire be extinguished?" 
B)  "Who on this earth can one help?" 
C)  "What would a healthy life look like?" 
D)  "What kind of story is being developed?" 
A)  "Can desire be extinguished?" 
B)  "Who on this earth can one help?" 
C)  "What would a healthy life look like?" 
D)  "What kind of story is being developed?"

Question 2

The thinker who argued that the clarity of self-knowledge may be an illusion because most of our ideas are the product of the unconscious was

Accepted Answer

A)  Sigmund Freud. 
B)  Goethe. 
C)  Camus. 
D)  Socrates. 
A)  Sigmund Freud. 
B)  Goethe. 
C)  Camus. 
D)  Socrates.

Question 3

Your vision of the meaning of life

Accepted Answer

A)  sets up expectations for how to live,determining in many ways the kind of life you will lead. 
B)  is a directly related to your temperament-pessimists always have pessimistic visions of meaning,while optimists have optimistic visions. 
C)  is something you are born with which gradually unfolds. 
D)  should be formulated precisely,in a mathematical formula. 
A)  sets up expectations for how to live,determining in many ways the kind of life you will lead. 
B)  is a directly related to your temperament-pessimists always have pessimistic visions of meaning,while optimists have optimistic visions. 
C)  is something you are born with which gradually unfolds. 
D)  should be formulated precisely,in a mathematical formula.

Question 4

Nihilism is the belief that life has no meaning.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Aristotle argues that one need not have friendships to live a good life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

According to Camus,the only serious philosophical question is

Accepted Answer

A)  What is the meaning of life? 
B)  How can we extinguish desire in order to be free of suffering? 
C)  Does God exist? 
D)  Should one commit suicide? 
A)  What is the meaning of life? 
B)  How can we extinguish desire in order to be free of suffering? 
C)  Does God exist? 
D)  Should one commit suicide?

Question 7

Define altruism.

Accepted Answer

Altruism is acting f

Question 8

What is the similarity between the question of the meaning of life and the question of the meaning of a word?

Accepted Answer

Both involve referen

Question 9

Solomon says that some answers to the question,"What is the meaning of life?," really assume that our lives have meaning only because they refer to someone or something outside ourselves.
Write an essay explaining this way of answering the question,and then develop three detailed concepts of meaning that illustrate it.
What are the shortcomings of this way of answering the question?

Accepted Answer

This question explor

Question 10

If you think that believing in God by itself answers the question of the meaning of life then

Accepted Answer

A)  God must exist. 
B)  you are probably a nihilist. 
C)  you've only pushed the question back one step further,and need to answer other questions like "Why did God create us?" 
D)  all of your questions about the meaning of life are answered. 
A)  God must exist. 
B)  you are probably a nihilist. 
C)  you've only pushed the question back one step further,and need to answer other questions like "Why did God create us?" 
D)  all of your questions about the meaning of life are answered.

Question 11

Bill wants to live his life to the fullest,so he's constantly trying new things,even if he does them only once.Bill probably interprets life's meaning as

Accepted Answer

A)  relationships. 
B)  learning. 
C)  desire. 
D)  investment. 
A)  relationships. 
B)  learning. 
C)  desire. 
D)  investment.

Question 12

When Nietzsche writes that Socrates and other Western philosophers have turned "reason into a tyrant," he

Accepted Answer

A)  shares the author of Ecclesiastes' belief that "all is vanity." 
B)  agrees with the idea that the meaning of life should be based on the pursuit of wisdom. 
C)  thinks a life single-mindedly devoted to reason is a fanatical life. 
D)  agrees with Buddhists who look to nirvana as the extinction of all desires that lead to suffering. 
A)  shares the author of Ecclesiastes' belief that "all is vanity." 
B)  agrees with the idea that the meaning of life should be based on the pursuit of wisdom. 
C)  thinks a life single-mindedly devoted to reason is a fanatical life. 
D)  agrees with Buddhists who look to nirvana as the extinction of all desires that lead to suffering.

Question 13

The concept of "relationship" commonly implies that

Accepted Answer

A)  people are already deeply connected. 
B)  life is suffering. 
C)  there needs to be a union of two separate people. 
D)  life should be lived altruistically. 
A)  people are already deeply connected. 
B)  life is suffering. 
C)  there needs to be a union of two separate people. 
D)  life should be lived altruistically.

Question 14

One of the main tenets of Buddhism says that

Accepted Answer

A)  life is happiness. 
B)  live free or die. 
C)  virtue is knowledge. 
D)  desire can be eliminated. 
A)  life is happiness. 
B)  live free or die. 
C)  virtue is knowledge. 
D)  desire can be eliminated.

Question 15

According to Camus,what is the only serious philosophical question?

Accepted Answer

Whether on

Question 16

Living one's life as a work of art suggests that what counts is found more in the results than in the activities that produce it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The question about the meaning of life most typically arises during happy times,when we have the luxury of time to reflect.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The writer John Barth suggested that

Accepted Answer

A)  only writers can make sense of their lives as stories. 
B)  life is a Bildungsroman. 
C)  "life imitates art." 
D)  each of us is the hero of his or her own story. 
A)  only writers can make sense of their lives as stories. 
B)  life is a Bildungsroman. 
C)  "life imitates art." 
D)  each of us is the hero of his or her own story.

Question 19

Believing that the meaning of one's life is found in an afterlife implies that one views this life as the basis of one's significance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

To say that "life is absurd" is to say

Accepted Answer

A)  that you have to work to create meaning. 
B)  that the meaning of life is found in the context of our lives. 
C)  that it has no meaning. 
D)  that the meaning of life is like the meaning of a game. 
A)  that you have to work to create meaning. 
B)  that the meaning of life is found in the context of our lives. 
C)  that it has no meaning. 
D)  that the meaning of life is like the meaning of a game.

Which of the following would be an all-important question for someone who sees life as a disease?

The thinker who argued that the clarity of self-knowledge may be an illusion because most of our ideas are the product of the unconscious was

Your vision of the meaning of life

Nihilism is the belief that life has no meaning.

Aristotle argues that one need not have friendships to live a good life.

According to Camus,the only serious philosophical question is

Define altruism.

What is the similarity between the question of the meaning of life and the question of the meaning of a word?

If you think that believing in God by itself answers the question of the meaning of life then

Bill wants to live his life to the fullest,so he's constantly trying new things,even if he does them only once.Bill probably interprets life's meaning as

When Nietzsche writes that Socrates and other Western philosophers have turned "reason into a tyrant," he

The concept of "relationship" commonly implies that

One of the main tenets of Buddhism says that

According to Camus,what is the only serious philosophical question?

Living one's life as a work of art suggests that what counts is found more in the results than in the activities that produce it.

The question about the meaning of life most typically arises during happy times,when we have the luxury of time to reflect.

The writer John Barth suggested that

Believing that the meaning of one's life is found in an afterlife implies that one views this life as the basis of one's significance.

To say that "life is absurd" is to say

Philosophical Questions

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The Nature of Reality

The Search for Truth

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Freedom

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Justice and the Good Society

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Exam 2: The Meaning of Life

Which of the following would be an all-important question for someone who sees life as a disease?

The thinker who argued that the clarity of self-knowledge may be an illusion because most of our ideas are the product of the unconscious was

Your vision of the meaning of life

Nihilism is the belief that life has no meaning.

Aristotle argues that one need not have friendships to live a good life.

According to Camus,the only serious philosophical question is

Define altruism.

What is the similarity between the question of the meaning of life and the question of the meaning of a word?

If you think that believing in God by itself answers the question of the meaning of life then

Bill wants to live his life to the fullest,so he's constantly trying new things,even if he does them only once.Bill probably interprets life's meaning as

When Nietzsche writes that Socrates and other Western philosophers have turned "reason into a tyrant," he

The concept of "relationship" commonly implies that

One of the main tenets of Buddhism says that

According to Camus,what is the only serious philosophical question?

Living one's life as a work of art suggests that what counts is found more in the results than in the activities that produce it.

The question about the meaning of life most typically arises during happy times,when we have the luxury of time to reflect.

The writer John Barth suggested that

Believing that the meaning of one's life is found in an afterlife implies that one views this life as the basis of one's significance.

To say that "life is absurd" is to say

Philosophical Questions

God

The Nature of Reality

The Search for Truth

Self

Freedom

Morality and the Good Life

Justice and the Good Society

Non-Western Philosophy

Beauty

Filters