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31 Cards in this Set
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Epicurus: What is death to us?
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Nothing. When we exist, death is not with us, and when death comes, we do not exist. Don't fear death. |
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Epicurus: What is justice?
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Justice is the result of social contract. A pledge to restrain men from harming one another and save them from being harmed.
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Stoicism: What sort of things are up to us?
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Our attitudes and our will.
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Epictetus: What is the standard for possessions? |
what is needed for the body |
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Plotinus: What evil has overtaken souls to cause them to forget God?
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Self-will
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Plotinus: Soul is an image of what? |
The intellectual principle |
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The Intellectual-Principle stands as the image of what? |
The One |
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Who was in the beginning with God?
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The Word
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Who is the light of the world?
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God; Christ.
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What did Paul tell the Athenians of their religion?
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That he could declare the unknown god to them, and that they were too superstitious.
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Is philosophy of value according to Justin Martyr?
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yes - eclecticism, seek truth wherever it is found
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Is philosophy of value according to Clement of Alexandria?
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Yes - eclecticism, Philosophy was the schoolmaster of the Greeks to bring them to Christ.
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Is philosophy of value according to Tertullian?
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No - Dismiss secular knowledge, "What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem?" |
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What vice dominates the whole realm of evil-doing? (Augustine)
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Lust
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Why ought man to have free will? (Augustine)
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Man could not act rightly except by willing to do so, which requires free will.
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What is the cause of free will? (Augustine) |
There is no further cause; nothing is preliminary to free will |
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Augustine: What are the two penal conditions for every sinful soul? |
Ignorance and difficulty |
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What is the reward of the citizens of the celestial city? (Augustine) |
No death, full truth, and felicity, righteousness, truth, and equality |
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What love motivates the earthly city? (Augustine) |
love of self |
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What love motivates the Heavenly city? (Augustine) |
Love of God |
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How are men saved? (Augustine) |
By grace alone. |
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Aquinas: Can it be demonstrated that God exists? |
Yes |
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Aquinas: How many proofs are there for the existence of God? |
5 1. Argument from motion 2. Argument from efficient cause 3. Argument from necessity 4. Argument from gradation 5. Argument from governance |
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Aquinas: Does the law make men good? |
Yes - "the proper effect of the law is to make those to whom it is given, good," |
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Aquinas: Is natural law the same in all men? |
Yes, but certain particulars are the same only in the majority. |
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Aquinas: What role does the intelligible species play in understanding? |
It is that by which the intellect understands. We understand the objects we see by the concepts (intelligible species) we have in our minds |
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Aquinas: Can the natural law be changed? |
no |
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Aquinas: Is every human law derived from natural law? |
Yes, as long as the law is just and according to reason |
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Aquinas: What does final and perfect happiness consist of? |
A vision of the Divine Essence (contemplating the existence of God) |
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Aquinas: What are the four cardinal virtues? |
1. Prudence (Wisdom) 2. Justice 3. Temperance 4. Fortitude (Courage) |
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Aquinas: What are the three theological virtues? |
Faith, Hope, Charity |
