Philosophy of History: Understanding the Meaning of Human Existence
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What is the primary reason for hiding individual death according to the text?

  • To emphasize the significance of Providence
  • To make us forget that Progress cannot satisfy our deepest desires (correct)
  • To promote the idea of Cyclical history
  • To make people believe in the concept of Progress
  • Which of the following is NOT a conception of the meaning of human history according to the text?

  • Transhumanism
  • The idea of Equality (correct)
  • The modern idea of Progress
  • Cyclical history
  • What is the consequence of rejecting God's existence, according to Nietzsche's idea?

  • People start believing in the concept of Progress
  • People become aware of the end of meta-narratives
  • People keep relics of God in their worldview (correct)
  • People begin to understand the concept of Cyclical history
  • What is the term used to describe the grand narrative of history that gives meaning to all our little stories?

    <p>Meta-narrative</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is the author mentioned in the text in relation to the concept of Brave New World?

    <p>Huxley</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the idea that there is no overarching narrative of history?

    <p>The absence of meta-narrative</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the concept that is considered a relic of God's existence in a worldview?

    <p>The idea of Progress</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is the author mentioned in the text in relation to the concept of Post-modernity?

    <p>Lyotard</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary characteristic of Post-modernity, according to Lyotard?

    <p>The end of meta-narratives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between the idea of Progress and the concept of God's existence, according to Nietzsche's idea?

    <p>The idea of Progress is a relic of God's existence in a worldview</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a common characteristic of belief in Divine Providence, Marxist Progress, and Democracy's Progress?

    <p>A belief in a larger narrative or purpose</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Lyotard, what is a consequence of post-modernity?

    <p>The inability to find meaning in one's own life</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the problem posed by post-modernism, according to the text?

    <p>The lack of hope for a meaning of History</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the solution to the problems of post-modernism and modern Progress, according to the text?

    <p>Transhumanism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the core idea of Transhumanism, according to the text?

    <p>The progress of technology will give us victory over individual death</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is implied by the idea that Transhumanism means the overcoming of human nature?

    <p>That human beings are capable of transcending their animal nature</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ultimate goal of Transhumanism, according to the quote?

    <p>To determine our own fate rather than have it determined by celestial mechanics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the tone of the quote describing the ultimate goal of Transhumanism?

    <p>Hopeful and optimistic</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between Transhumanism and the idea of Progress, according to the text?

    <p>Transhumanism is a return to the idea of Progress</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary concern of considering one's individual life as part of a larger whole?

    <p>To give meaning to one's individual life</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the common thread between the belief in Divine Providence, Marxist Progress, Democracy's Progress, and Transhumanism, according to the text?

    <p>A faith in a larger narrative or purpose</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the cyclical history conception, what is the significance of an individual's contribution?

    <p>It is merely a passing of the baton in the infinite chain of generations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary issue with the cyclical history conception, according to scientific evidence?

    <p>It does not account for linear, non-reversible evolutions in human history</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the religious notion of Providence, what is the ultimate purpose of human history?

    <p>The coming of the Messiah</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary difference between the religious notion of Providence and the modern notion of Progress?

    <p>One is based on faith, while the other is based on scientific evidence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary concern of the modern notion of Progress, according to Fukuyama's 'end of history'?

    <p>The final victory of liberal democracy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the moral dimension of the modern notion of Progress?

    <p>The pursuit of what is morally right by future generations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary issue with the modern notion of Progress, according to the text?

    <p>It is still a kind of religious faith not grounded on evidence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the implication of the modern notion of Progress for individual death?

    <p>One's life will serve the grand purpose of humanity, but individual death is still inevitable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the common thread between the religious notion of Providence and the modern notion of Progress?

    <p>Both have a sense of inevitability and direction towards a perfect goal</p> Signup and view all the answers

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