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Philosophy 101: Mini-Exam 5 Hinduism Islam Taoism Satyagraha and Gandhi Metaphysics and Tagore

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Open book, open notes: type to hand in on Wednesday. Some items are from the text, others from the PowerPoints. Note: if any students turn in answers with identical wording to another’s, they’ll fail the exam!

1. What process started to happen to India beginning in 1510 and ending in 1947? 2. Who was the founder of Hinduism? 3. Scripture: what is the importance of the Upanishads in contrast to the Vedas? 4. What story from Buddha’s life shows why Buddhism doesn’t teach self-denial? 5. What two Greek schools of thought influenced early Islamic philosophy? 6. What does the Sufi seeker try to attain? 7. What are the “ultimate realities” in Taoism and Buddhism? How did they come to be interrelated? 8. What specific teaching is taught by all three of these: Socrates, Cornel West and Rabindranath Tagore? 9. How does “the Word” in John’s Gospel relate to the Greek logos and the Chinese Tao? 10. What are three ways, according to Lao Tzu, that the wise person can avoid violence?