R1; Bertrand Russell Flashcards

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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
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Philosophy affects people ____

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indirectly

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3
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Physical science affects people ____

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directly

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4
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The goods for the body is as ____ as the goods for the mind

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important

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5
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Where is the value of philosophy found?

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Goods of the mind

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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

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Philosophy

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7
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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
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Questions with definite answers are placed in the ___. While questions with no definite answers are placed in the ____.

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Sciences; Philosophy

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9
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Philosophy proposes _____ answers to questions despite of its uncertainty

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possible

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10
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Philosophy reduced at least the _____

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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

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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

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Philosophic contemplation

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14
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All acquisition of knowledge is an enlargement of the ___

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Self

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15
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This enlargement is best attained when not sought ____

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directly

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

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Enlargement of the Self

17
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This enlargement of self is not obtained when we try to show that the ______ is similar to this ____.

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world;self

18
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It views the world as means to its own ends; thus it makes the world less account than self

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Self-assertion

19
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If the enlargement of self is viewed as the world similar to self it is rather called _____ than self enlargement

A

self-assertion

20
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In philosophic contemplation we start with ____ and through its greatness the boundaries of self are enlarged.

21
Q

the universe is a form of union of ____ and ____

A

self and not-self

22
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The view that man is the measure of all things is ___ and ____

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untrue; man-made

23
Q

Finds its satisfaction in every enlargement of the not-self

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true philosophic contemplation

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Questions enlarge our conception of what is ____

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A british philosopher, logician, writer, and social critic who was most recognized for his contributions to the logic of mathematics and philosophical analysis
Bertrand Arthur William Russell
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The value of philosophy lies in its
uncertainty
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Uncertainty arouses ____ in mind, thus raises ____
curiosity; questions
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Philosophy's chief value is ___
freedom from narrow and personal aims
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Philosophy allows a man to be ____ and ____
calm and free
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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
philosophic contemplation
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It is the barrier to the enlargement of self or self-growth
self-assertion