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Archetypes of Wisdom An Introduction to Philosophy, 9e Douglas

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Chapter 1

• Confucius wrote, "He who thinks but does not learn is in danger."

*a. True

• False

• Buddha claimed that the elimination of analytic thinking was the way

to truth.

*a. True

• False

• "Tao" means "thought."

• True

*b. False

• "Yin" is positive.

• True

*b. False

• "Dao" can be precisely defined.

• True

*b. False

• According to Confucius, only the stupid do not change.

• True

*b. False

• Lao-tzu was known only by his nickname.

*a. True

• False

• Traditional Chinese history holds that the Period of the Warring

States began in 453 B.C.E.

*a. True

• False
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• Lao-tzu asks us to put aside our intuitions.

• True

*b. False

• The Tao te Ching has the most number of English translations

available of any book.

• True

*b. False

• Lao-tzu writes of "the Undivided."

*a. True

• False

• The true sage, according to Lao -tzu, holds that nothing is

permanent.

*a. True

• False

• We should prefer Yin to Yang

*a. True

• False

• Lao-tzu preached a doctrine without words.

*a. True

• False

• Heraclitus said that all things are static.

• True

*b. False

• Heraclitus was a Chinese sage.

• True

*b. False

• "Wu wei" means "to act."

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*b. False

• Lao-tzu advocated doing nothing to accomplish great deeds.

*a. True

• False

• Epictetus was a Stoic.

*a. True

• False

• Confucius held high political office.

• True

*b. False

• Confucius held that hypocrites were rice -bags.

*a. True

• False

• The ancient sages were humanists.

*a. True

• False

• Confucius held that the people should be regulated by punishment.

• True

*b. False

• The Analects is an important Indian text.

• True

*b. False

• Confucius saw himself as a creator of something new.

• True

*b. False

• Lao-tzu held that the more laws there are, the more criminals there

are.

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