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Question
1. Why does Descartes argue that all previous knowledge as well as knowledge gained from the senses, must be doubted?
2. What does Descartes argue is the starting point for certainty? How does he come to that conclusion?
3. What is Descartes trying to argue in his wax thought exercise at the end of the Second Meditation?
4. In "A Modest Proposal," Jonathan Swift makes a satiric argument in favor of the cannibalism of children to solve the problem of Ireland's overpopulation by employing rationalism from the Enlightenment worldview. What are three of the key arguments that he makes?
5. Satire uses humor, exaggeration, and irony to expose and correct vices. In "A Modest Proposal," there are many targets of Swift's satire. Who and what are some of the chief targets for Swift?
6. What is Swift, as a Christian, trying to say about the Enlightenment worldview? From his perspective, what is wrong with using Reason to solve problems?