Question

A philosopher from this country advocated a “negative platonism” of studying history through Socratic questioning while rejecting the concept of absolute truth, leading to “problematicity.” A philosopher from this country who popularized the phrase “living in truth” opened an essay riffing on Marx in saying the specter haunting Europe was “what in the West is called ‘dissent.’” (15[1])The “solidarity of the shaken” advocated by an author from this country inspired a countrymate who described the apathy of a (*) grocer (10[1])to a sign reading “workers of the world, unite!” “The Power of the Powerless” was written by an author from this (10[1]-5[1])country who was among the activists in this country who signed Charter 77, a document that inspired its later (10[1]-5[1])Velvet Revolution. (10[1])For 10 points, Jan Patocka and Vaclav Havel were political thinkers from what country? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Czechoslovakia [or Czechia; or Czech Republic]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Richard NiuCornell BColumbia B5615
Raymond WangCornell AColumbia A7810
Cade ReinbergerRITJohn Jay A99-5
David BassJHU AUMD B9910
Danny PeelenPittNYU118-5
Caleb KendrickUMD ARutgers11810
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay ARIT12010
Ben RotkoSwarthmoreJHU B13510
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYUPitt13510

Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%0%0%106.33
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y7100%14%29%105.86
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%0%50%124.50
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%0%33%125.00
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%0%0%101.20
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%0%25%119.50
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y3100%0%33%123.33
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%123.50