Long Test #1: Philosophy

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He is a 19th-century philosopher who highlighted that a lack of the kind of connection that engages individuals with the subject of experience can lead to inaction and apathy.

• William James
• Existential Crisis
• Philosophy
• Materialism
• Rene Descartes

This philosophical concept claims that there is an essence to our being, a particular aspect that precedes our birth and this plays a huge role in determining our future.

• Essentialism
• Existential Crisis
• Philosophy
• Materialism
• Rene Descartes

He is a known philosopher who said “Existence precedes essence,” It's a philosophical idea that suggests that a person's essence, or nature, is not predetermined at birth but rather shaped by one's experiences and actions.

• Jean-Paul Sartre
• Existential Crisis
• Philosophy
• Materialism
• Rene Descartes

In philosophical discussions, what concept signifies the ability to go beyond the confines of empirical experience or the limitations of human understanding, often associated with reaching higher or deeper states of consciousness?

• Transcendence
• Existential Crisis
• Philosophy
• Materialism
• Rene Descartes

What concept in ancient philosophy, particularly in the works of Plato, proposes that the human soul consists of three distinct elements or parts, often represented as reason, spirit, and appetite?

• Three Parts of Soul
• Existential Crisis
• Philosophy
• Materialism
• Rene Descartes

What philosophical idea that believes our body and soul are separate from each other, hence our soul can exist without our body.

• Disemobodied Spirit
• Existential Crisis
• Philosophy
• Materialism
• Rene Descartes

In philosophical discussions of perception and consciousness, what term describes the unique and subjective qualities of personal experiences, like the smell of a rose or the feeling of warmth from the sun?

• Qualia
• Existential Crisis
• Philosophy
• Materialism
• Rene Descartes