UNIVERSITY OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL-RECOLETOS

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RECOLETOS DE BACOLOD SCHOOL OF LAW

History and Philosophy of Law
Mid-Term Examinations

I. Match column A with column B. Write your answer on the space provided. 3 pts each

_____ 1. The unexamined life is not worth living. A. Anaximander

_____2. Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily. B. Plato
_____3. If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your C. St. Thomas Aquinas
‘government, then you are doomed live under the
‘rule of fools.
_____4. Nature is eternal and does not age. D. Heraclitus
_____5. We live in the best of all possible worlds. E. Aristotle
_____6. One cannot step twice in the same river. F.
_____7. The truth of the Christian faith surpasses the G. William of Ockham
‘capacity of reason.
_____8. There is only one way to avoid criticism: H. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
_____9. Happiness is a virtue, not its reward. I. Socrates
_____10. I am the wisest man alive, for I know one J. Aristotle
Thing, and that I know nothing.

II. Answer the following briefly and intelligently.

I. Discuss Ockham’s Razor. 10 points
II. Discuss Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave.” 15 pts
III. Identify and discuss the 4 kinds of laws according to St. Thomas Aquinas. 20 pts

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