Question
Walter Benjamin wrote that statements of this kind “cannot be applied to a specific situation” but “have a kind of magical character” to “transform the situation” in a short essay on them. For 10 points:
[10e] Paremiology studies what statements, a Biblical book of which joins the Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes among those credited to King Solomon?
ANSWER: proverbs
[10m] Agur’s Biblical question “Who has ascended to heaven?” is paralleled by a proverb in the last stanza of an Akkadian dialogue named for this philosophical attitude.. Hegesias and Buddhist versions of this attitude were cited in a namesake controversy sparked by the posthumous fame of the author of Parerga and Paralipomena.
ANSWER: pessimism
[10h] The opening of the Biblical Proverbs mirrors the opening dedication of this Fifth Dynasty vizier’s forty-three maxims, for which he has been championed as the first philosopher.
ANSWER: Ptahhotep I [or Ptahhotpe]
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Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 0% | 33% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 0% | 33% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | Y | 5 | 8.00 | 80% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| Cien Años de Quizboledad | Cambridge | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Simple Vibes | Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Defying Suavity | Limp Francekit | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |