Philosopher Related Questions Flashcards
(20 cards)
Which philosopher did we discuss in lecture presenting a distinction between what we
need and what we get?
Sartre
Who invented YOLO (according to lecture)?
Nietzsche
Who teleologically suspends the ethical?
Knight of faith
Which two philosophers say the Kingdom of
Heaven is a matter of the soul/heart?
Dostoevsky and Nietzsche
How are faith and miracles related for
Dostoevsky?
Faith leads to miracles
Nietzsche’s eternal recurrence is most
directly related to which?
Amor fati
According to the instructor’s interpretation
of the epigraph and Kierkegaard’s
relationship, who is the symbol for Regine?
The son
The instructor argued that Beauvoir sides
more with whom?
Pyrrhus
What is the ambiguity Beauvoir writes
about?
Body/Soul
Beauvoir says that the advice to cultivate
your garden is…
Superfluous
According to Kierkegaard, who has the
greatest respect for the ethical?
The tragic hero
Which philosopher used the notion of
autotelic activities?
Beauvoir
In Section 125, who tells of the dead of God?
A madman
Who said to “live dangerously”?
Nietzsche
Which evaluative term does Nietzsche prefer?
Health
Which evaluative term does Dostoevsky
prefer?
Love (not passion as I thought)
Which philosopher would Beauvoir
compare to the passionate person?
Nietzsche
From one of our readings: “For the movement
of faith must be made continually on the
strength of the absurd… I for my part can
indeed describe the movements of faith, but I
cannot perform them.”
Who is the “I”??
Johannes de silentio
In The Gay Science, what does Nietzsche
criticize the dying Socrates for?
For viewing life as a disease
