PHI 2010 Test #2 Study Guide (Part 1)
well answered to pass
What does Dao literally mean? - correct answer ✔✔ "Way"
What does De translate to? - correct answer ✔✔ virtue , power , and excellence
What are the characteristics of the Dao? - correct answer ✔✔ "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"? - correct answer ✔✔ 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? - correct answer ✔✔ They compliment
each other
In the Dao De Jing, what does water represent? - correct answer ✔✔ 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."? - correct answer ✔✔ existence renders
actual but non-existence renders useful.
If the Dao is invisible, inaudible, and formless, then how can it be known, according to Lao Tzu? -
correct answer ✔✔ Because they believe that something can come from nothing and be of use
( hollowness of bowl makes the bowl useful)
well answered to pass
What does Dao literally mean? - correct answer ✔✔ "Way"
What does De translate to? - correct answer ✔✔ virtue , power , and excellence
What are the characteristics of the Dao? - correct answer ✔✔ "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"? - correct answer ✔✔ 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? - correct answer ✔✔ They compliment
each other
In the Dao De Jing, what does water represent? - correct answer ✔✔ 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."? - correct answer ✔✔ existence renders
actual but non-existence renders useful.
If the Dao is invisible, inaudible, and formless, then how can it be known, according to Lao Tzu? -
correct answer ✔✔ Because they believe that something can come from nothing and be of use
( hollowness of bowl makes the bowl useful)
