Leon Trotsky

question 5

Multiple Choice

Leon Trotsky

• A)had been a professor in Britain from 1908 to 1913.
• B)led the Left group in the Politburo after Lenin's death.
• C)had served as Kerensky's secret police leader until he defected to the Mensheviks.
• D)became premier of the Soviet Union after Stalin's death.
• E)led the Fourth International in Brussels.

Reflect on personal beliefs and how they align with or diverge from classical Western metaphysical assumptions.

Identify and explain the concepts of teleological and mechanistic metaphysics, and the potential for viewpoints that lie in between or outside these classifications.

Detail the metaphysical views of Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz, focusing on substance and interaction.

Comprehend the metaphysical viewpoint of idealism, including key elements and divergences among philosophers such as Berkeley, Leibniz, Kant, Schopenhauer, and Hegel.

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