SOPHIES WORLD

CHAPTERS THE BAROQUE/ DESCARTES

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COPY EACH QUESTION AND ANSWER USING A DIFFERENT COLOR.

1. During which century did the Baroque take place?

2. What was the Baroque period characterized by? Explain.

3. To be or not to be..who wrote that? In what play is it found? How does it resemble the
Baroque period?

4. What were Descartes two main philosophical concerns?

5. Descartes comes up with a method philosophers must use to solve a philosophical problem.
Name and explain its four steps.

6. What two things is Descartes considered the father of?

7. According to Descartes, how do we reach the certainty about the nature of life?

8. What was the only thing Descartes was certain of? Why?

9. How does Descartes know god exists? Why is the idea of god innate?

10. What are the two forms of reality according to Descartes?

11. How is Descartes absolutely sure that whatever we perceive with our reason also corresponds
to reality?

12. Why did Descartes claim that man was a dual creature? What did this mean?

13.-Please interpret the cartoon using Descartes philosophy