Chapter 14 Quiz

. Philosophers regard __________ as the father of modern existentialism.

Sartre

Nietzsche

Kierkegaard

Heidegger

. All but __________ are main existentialist themes.

individualism and subjectivity

freedom and responsibility

epistemology and metaphysics

anguish and absurdity

. According to Kierkegaard, the __________ is the opposite of the individual.

church

crowd

factory

parliament

. Kierkegaard claims that __________ is the truth.

subjectivity

objectivity

relativism

absolutism

. The will to power is, according to Nietzsche, the fundamental __________.

drive to succeed in life

nature of existence as a drive to control and dominate

nature of the animal world

principle of divinity

. Nietzsche thinks Christianity is an example of __________.

master morality

slave morality

the will to power

the overman

. When Nietzsche asserts, "God is dead," he means that __________.

belief in the Christian God is untenable

slave morality is over

God has been killed off by shrinking church membership

master morality is over

. Throughout his career Heidegger was consumed by the question of __________.

time

being

God's existence

the meaning of life

. Heidegger asserts Dasein "is __________."

the being for which being is an issue

synonymous with the individual

humanity

consciousness

. When Sartre asserts that "essence precedes existence", he means that humans__________.

have an essence realized through their choices

have no essence to realize

do not initially understand their essence

reject the idea that they have an essence

. Sartre asserts, "We are condemned to __________."

suffer

be free

our fate

die

. Sartre is a proponent of __________.

theistic existentialism

theistic phenomenology

atheistic existentialism

atheistic phenomenology

. Sartre declares the first principle of existentialism is, "Man is nothing else but what__________."

he makes of himself

he has been blessed with by God

society constructs of him

he can gain from others

. According to Sartre, anguish is the realization __________.

of one's "total indebtedness to God"

of one's "total and deep responsibility"

of one's "total commitment to faith"

that "God is dead"

. The opposite of living authentically is to act __________.

immorally

in anguish

in bad faith

unseriously

. According to Kierkegaard, Christian belief is absurd.

True

False

. Kierkegaard asserts that all truth is objective.

True

False

. In existentialism, absurdity is synonymous with a logical contradiction.

True

False

. Kierkegaard is a fideist.

True

False

. Anguish and absurdity are central existentialist themes.

True

False

. The heart of existentialism is its emphasis on the freedom of the individual.

True

False

. Nietzsche equates master morality with Christianity.

True

False

. Nietzsche argues that slave morality is not life-affirming.

True

False

. Camus argues that we should embrace the absurdity of life.

True

False

. Nietzsche associates the will to power with affirming life.

True

False

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