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1.Who said “the unexamined life is not worth living” and what did he mean? Differentiate between the pedestrian/common understanding of this quote and the one the author had in mind.
2.What does it mean to say that life is absurd? Connect it to the Myth of Sisyphus by explaining the myth and articulating how it connects to this existential concept
3.What is existential authenticity and what does it add to the philosophical tradition? Connect it to Sartre’s famous line that “existence precedes essence.”
4.State and explain Nietzsche’s three phases to creating meaning? Connect it to his views on nihilism.
5.Why is Aunt May in “Crimes and Misdemeanors” a nihilist? State what she says and how it connects to the concept of nihilism as Nietzsche understood it.
6.How do the metaphors of truth/reality and blindness work themselves out in the movie Crimes and Misdemeanors? Use specific examples from the movie to explain these metaphors.
7.Compare and contrast Hume’s bundle theory of self with Locke’s view on the sameness of self over long periods of time. Which do you think best explains what the self is?
8.What is the wax example Descartes employs and what is it meant to show about how we gain knowledge? Be sure to connect it to the Rationalists and Empiricists.
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