Part 1: Multiple Choice - Created by Kevin Nesdoly

Plato: The Cave (Enlightened unable to explain truth), Forms (form of beauty > onept of beauty
> individual beautiful entities > imitations of beautiful entities), information via senses !as not
good,
"ristotle: The real truth is unhanging, disagreed !ith Forms, develop universal onepts of
ob#ets through experiene, enouraged use of sense to understand the !orld$
%esartes: &ationalist, I think therefore I am, using reason to #ustify your onlusion$
'aon: Pushed for the siene, move a!ay from philosophial reasoning to get ans!ers(use the
sientifi method instead$ For )dols
&ousseau: *umans are born full of goodness, li+e hildren, but are orrupted by soiety and it,s
-o+e: 'elieved that !e need a po!erful government to ontrol us, beause !e are savage in
nature
.ant: "n ation should be based off of morality, and not by the outome or onse/uenes$
(0iving money to the homeless for food beause it,s the right thing to do, but he uses it for
drugs$) .ant also believed that +no!ledge is based on the struture of the mind$ 1e are only able
to understand the !orld around us beause !e have it hard !ired into our brains$ Therefore, !e
all see the !orld in the same !ay$
'entham: Founder of utilitarianism$ -ogial proess !as based off of ob#etive and physial
evidene$
2iet3she: Truth is nothing more than a illusion$
4artre: 5an is responsible for !ho he beomes, only to the point to !hih he self(determines this$
Freud: *umans are bases on nature, !hih is at the mery of their primitive instints and
emotions$
*ume: True +no!ledge omes from experiene (2urture), every man must disover themselves$
5enius: *uman nature is indifferent, as muh as east and !est$
"ugustine: 1e are born !ith the stain of original sin, la! and eduation are in plae to protet us
against ignorane$
%eism: 0od reated the universe and everything in it, and then left it to run on it,s o!n$ (-i+e a
!ath ma+er !inding a lo+, and letting it run$)
Theism: 0od reated the universe and everything in it$ *o!ever, he has a personal relationship
!ith eah one of us$ (Christianity$)
Pantheism: 0od exists in nature and forms a deep onnetion !ith all beings$ Everything has a
spirit$
"theism: The is no 0od in the universe, everything omes from siene and human evolution$
"gnostiism: 1e +no! nothing about the existene of 0od,
4hamanism: The belief that it is possible to ontat the spiritual !orld, through rituals,
eremonies and notably a shaman$ (Thin+ smudges, s!eat lodges$)
2atural Theology: 6sing reason to understand and study 0od$
5ysti Theology: 6sing an altered state of mind and7or body to study and understand 0od$
&evealed Theology: " rational onlusion is not enough to prove that 0od exists, it omes as a
revelation$