Introduction to Philosophy Classwork #3
1. According to Bertrand Russell, if poverty & disease were reduced to their lowest possible point, there won't be much left to do to produce a valuable society.
a) True.
b) False.
2. According to our text, the Buddha is a title that was taken by Siddhatta Gotama, but not given to him.
a) True.
b) False.
3. Which of these is rejected by Bertrand Russell?
a) The man or woman who has no tincture of philosophy goes through life imprisoned in the prejudices derived from common sense.
b) The man or woman who has no tincture of philosophy goes throught life imprisoned in the prejudices derived from the habitual beliefs of his or her age.
c) The man or woman who has no tincture of philosophy goes through life imprisoned in the prejudices derived from the habitual beliefs of his or her nation.
d) The man or woman who has no tincture of philosophy goes through life imprisoned in the prejudics derived from the convictions that have grown up in his or her mind without the cooperation or consent of deliberate reason.
e) None of the above.
4. According to our readings, which of these is excluded from how the Blessed One disciplines disciples?
a) Form is not self.
b) Feeling is not self.
c) Perception is not self.
d) Things or dhammas are all not self.
e) None of the above.