R1; Bertrand Russell Flashcards

1
Q

It is the one who recognizes only material needs, who realizes that men must have food for the body, but is oblivious to the necessity of providing food for the mind.

A

Practical Men

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2
Q

Philosophy affects people ____

A

indirectly

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3
Q

Physical science affects people ____

A

directly

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4
Q

The goods for the body is as ____ as the goods for the mind

A

important

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5
Q

Where is the value of philosophy found?

A

Goods of the mind

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6
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Its aim is primarily at knowledge. A knowledge that aim the kind of knowledge which gives unity and system to the body of sciences

A

Philosophy

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7
Q

The study of human mind was originally a philosophy but now it became a separate science called ____

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Psychology

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8
Q

Questions with definite answers are placed in the ___. While questions with no definite answers are placed in the ____.

A

Sciences; Philosophy

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9
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Philosophy proposes _____ answers to questions despite of its uncertainty

A

possible

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10
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Philosophy reduced at least the _____

A

arrogant dogmatism

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11
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They are shut up within the circle of his private interests but the outer world is not regarded

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Instinctive man

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12
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A way to escape confinement of distinctiveness is

A

philosophic contemplation

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13
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It views the world impartially. It does not aim at providing that the rest of the universe is akin to man

A

Philosophic contemplation

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14
Q

All acquisition of knowledge is an enlargement of the ___

A

Self

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15
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This enlargement is best attained when not sought ____

A

directly

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16
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It is obtained when the desire for knowledge is alone operative

A

Enlargement of the Self

17
Q

This enlargement of self is not obtained when we try to show that the ______ is similar to this ____.

A

world;self

18
Q

It views the world as means to its own ends; thus it makes the world less account than self

A

Self-assertion

19
Q

If the enlargement of self is viewed as the world similar to self it is rather called _____ than self enlargement

A

self-assertion

20
Q

In philosophic contemplation we start with ____ and through its greatness the boundaries of self are enlarged.

A

not-self

21
Q

the universe is a form of union of ____ and ____

A

self and not-self

22
Q

The view that man is the measure of all things is ___ and ____

A

untrue; man-made

23
Q

Finds its satisfaction in every enlargement of the not-self

A

true philosophic contemplation

24
Q

Questions enlarge our conception of what is ____

A

possible

25
Q

A british philosopher, logician, writer, and social critic who was most recognized for his contributions to the logic of mathematics and philosophical analysis

A

Bertrand Arthur William Russell

26
Q

The value of philosophy lies in its

A

uncertainty

27
Q

Uncertainty arouses ____ in mind, thus raises ____

A

curiosity; questions

28
Q

Philosophy’s chief value is ___

A

freedom from narrow and personal aims

29
Q

Philosophy allows a man to be ____ and ____

A

calm and free

30
Q

It is about thinking and reflecting from a deeper understanding. It is intended to view the whole impartially/equally. It does not aim to prove that the universe is comparable to a man

A

philosophic contemplation

31
Q

It is the barrier to the enlargement of self or self-growth

A

self-assertion