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Question

A so-called “purified Spinozist” with this given name discussed Gotthold Lessing’s pantheism in a work contradicted by Friedrich Jacobi’s contemporaneously published letters. For 10 points each:

[10m] Identify this given name of a philosopher who propounded negative theology in his Guide for the Perplexed.

ANSWER: Moses [accept Moses Maimonides or Moses ben Maimon or Moshe ben Maimon; accept Moses Mendelssohn]

[10e] Moses Maimonides and Moses Mendelssohn practiced this religion. One reason for Baruch Spinoza’s excommunication from this Abrahamic religion was his claim that Moses did not author its central text.

ANSWER: Judaism [or Jewish religion]

[10h] A Platonic dialogue lends its name to a set of three dialogues written to defend this concept by Mendelssohn after the death of Thomas Abbt. Another reason for Spinoza’s excommunication was his rejection of this position, which Maimonides argued for based on intellectual perfection developed through knowledge of God.

ANSWER: immortality of the soul (The Moses Mendelssohn book is entitled Phaedo.)

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California	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	60%	20%
Canada	Main	Y	6	13.33	100%	17%	17%
Florida	Main	Y	12	14.17	100%	42%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	11.43	100%	14%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	8	11.25	100%	13%	0%
North	Main	Y	10	15.00	100%	40%	10%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	12	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	12.50	100%	25%	0%
UK	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
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Berkeley B	Berkeley F	10	10	10	30
Berkeley D	UCSC	10	10	0	20
Berkeley E	Berkeley C	0	10	0	10
Berkeley A	Stanford A	10	10	0	20
Stanford C	Stanford B	0	10	0	10
UCLA B	UCI	10	10	10	30
Claremont Scripps	UCSB	0	10	0	10
UCLA A	UCSD Vices and Virtues	0	10	0	10
UCSD What Hath God Wrought	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	0	10	0	10
USC	UCLA C	0	10	0	10
UCLA D	Claremont Pitzer	0	10	0	10
McMaster C	Toronto G	0	10	0	10
McGill A	Queen's B	10	10	0	20
McMaster B	Guelph B	0	10	0	10
Guelph A	Toronto B	10	10	0	20
Toronto D	Toronto E	0	10	0	10
Carleton	Toronto I	10	10	0	20
Toronto J	McGill C	0	10	0	10
Toronto K	Toronto F	0	10	0	10
Toronto Metropolitan	Queen's A	10	10	0	20
Toronto H	Waterloo	0	10	0	10
Western Ontario	McMaster A	0	10	0	10
Toronto A	Toronto C	10	10	0	20
UCF A	ERAU B	0	10	0	10
UF A	FIU	0	10	0	10
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UCF B	ERAU A	0	10	0	10
UF E	UF D	0	10	0	10
UF C	USF	0	10	0	10
OSU B	CWRU B	0	10	0	10
Pitt A	CWRU D	10	10	0	20
Pitt B	Kenyon A	0	10	0	10
OSU C	MSU A	0	10	0	10
MSU B	Kenyon B	0	10	0	10
OSU A	Pitt C	0	10	0	10
CWRU A	CWRU C	0	10	0	10
Roanoke	James Madison	0	10	0	10
Liberty A	Virginia Tech A	0	10	0	10
NC State	South Carolina A	0	10	0	10
Tennessee A	South Carolina B	0	10	0	10
Tennessee B	North Carolina C	0	10	0	10
Virginia A	Liberty B	10	10	0	20
North Carolina A	Virginia Tech B	0	10	0	10
North Carolina B	Liberty C	0	10	0	10
Maryland D	George Mason B	0	10	0	10
George Mason C	Notre Dame E	0	10	0	10
VCU A	George Washington A	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins A	George Washington B	10	10	0	20
George Mason A	Georgetown B	0	10	0	10
Georgetown A	Johns Hopkins B	10	10	0	20
Maryland A	Maryland B	10	10	10	30
NYU A	Johns Hopkins C	0	10	0	10
Maryland C	Penn A	0	10	0	10
Catholic University	Penn B	10	10	0	20
SIUE	Truman State	0	10	0	10
Missouri A	Missouri B	0	10	0	10
WashU B	WashU C	0	10	0	10
WashU A	WashU D	10	10	0	20
UIC	Chicago C	0	10	0	10
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Chicago A	Michigan A	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame C	Michigan C	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame A	Kentucky	0	10	0	10
Louisville B	Notre Dame B	0	10	0	10
Purdue B	Notre Dame D	0	10	0	10
Purdue A	Illinois C	0	10	0	10
Indiana B	Purdue C	0	10	0	10
Chicago D	Michigan D	0	10	0	10
Amherst A	Bowdoin A	0	10	0	10
Yale A	BC A	0	10	0	10
Brandeis Clemenceau	Amherst B	10	10	0	20
MIT A	Brandeis Orlando	10	10	0	20
Brandeis Wilson	Harvard	0	10	0	10
Bowdoin B	Brown B	0	10	0	10
Brandeis Lloyd George	Brown C	0	10	0	10
BU	Cornell-UG	0	10	0	10
Tufts B	MIT B	0	10	0	10
Brown A	Tufts A	0	10	0	10
Williams	BC B	10	10	0	20
Dartmouth	Yale B	0	10	0	10
Alberta	British Columbia A	0	10	0	10
Simon Fraser	British Columbia B	10	10	0	20
Washington A	British Columbia C	10	10	0	20
Washington B	British Columbia D	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh B	LSE B	0	10	0	10
Manchester B	Bristol A	0	10	0	10
Cambridge A	Warwick B	10	10	0	20
Binghamton A	ESF	0	10	0	10
RIT A	Binghamton B	0	10	0	10
Cornell-DII	Rochester	0	10	0	10
RIT B	Syracuse	0	10	0	10