Questions for the First Philosophy Test
37. How would Hegel characterize the idea of God? God is only a very
advanced form of thinking the totality. Yet God is only a limited symbol.
38. What is the connection between the Spirit and human reason? Spirit is a
rationality that manifests itself in human reason.
39. What is the name of the method that Hegel uses to explain the activity of
the Absolute? The dialectic method.
40. What are the consequences of Hegel's philosophy? The priority of the
principle of Immanence. Excessive rationalism. The risk of pantheism.
f. Marx
41. What kind of philosopher is Marx? A materialist philosopher
42. Which are the three elements of Marxist dialectic? Thesis, antithesis,
synthesis
43. For Marx, which is the only possible way to impose Socialism?
Revolution of the working
44. What does it mean that man is “homo oeconomicus”? Man is solely a
material being and as such his activity is solely material. Human has only