PHI TEST #2 STUDY GUIDE EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What does Dao literally mean? - ANS "Way"
What does De translate to? - ANS virtue , power , and excellence
What are the characteristics of the Dao? - ANS "naturalistic" view of all things in the universe
, harmony with nature, environmental concern, health and hygiene in food consumption and
medical procedures,
How can you interpret the following: "To be bent is to become straight. To be empty is to be
full. To be worn out is to be renewed"? - ANS Concepts accompany each other in the means
of one can't exist without the other
According to the Dao De Jing, how do opposites relate? - ANS They compliment each other
In the Dao De Jing, what does water represent? - ANS symbolizes the ethical
How can you interpret the following: 'Doors and windows are cut out to make a room, but it is
on its non-being that the utility of the room depends."? - ANS existence renders actual but
non-existence renders useful.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What does Dao literally mean? - ANS "Way"
What does De translate to? - ANS virtue , power , and excellence
What are the characteristics of the Dao? - ANS "naturalistic" view of all things in the universe
, harmony with nature, environmental concern, health and hygiene in food consumption and
medical procedures,
How can you interpret the following: "To be bent is to become straight. To be empty is to be
full. To be worn out is to be renewed"? - ANS Concepts accompany each other in the means
of one can't exist without the other
According to the Dao De Jing, how do opposites relate? - ANS They compliment each other
In the Dao De Jing, what does water represent? - ANS symbolizes the ethical
How can you interpret the following: 'Doors and windows are cut out to make a room, but it is
on its non-being that the utility of the room depends."? - ANS existence renders actual but
non-existence renders useful.
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