219 works selected for the 40 candidate questions. Selections approved by Ben Breen, 29 September 2026. Arguments are unverified. Quotations were chosen by machine and are unchecked.
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1553LoyolaLoyola,Letter on Perfect Obedience (to the Jesuits of Portugal)SpanishLetterFull text
- Q21Can repeated obedience train a person to obey without judgment?
Yes. Obedience should reach the third degree, obedience of the understanding: the subject submits his own judgment to the superior's and accepts commands blindly.
- Q21Can repeated obedience train a person to obey without judgment?
1795SchillerSchiller,On the Aesthetic Education of Man, in a Series of LettersGermanLetterFull text
Friedrich Schiller
Über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen in einer Reihe von Briefen
German · Letter
Full text · No English translation
Open source →- Q35Does treating the state as an artificial machine give its members grounds to redesign it?
Yes. The state may be rebuilt on reason, but unlike a clock it cannot be stopped for repair; the living clockwork of the state must be repaired while it runs.
- Q35Does treating the state as an artificial machine give its members grounds to redesign it?
1795SchillerSchiller,On Simple and Sentimental PoetryGermanLetterFull text
Friedrich Schiller
Über naive und sentimentalische Dichtung
German · Letter
Full text · No English translation
Open source →1902Yan FuYan Fu,Letter to the Editor of the Waijiao baoChineseLetterNo text yet
- Q33Can a society adopt another society's machinery without adopting its ways of life?
No. Chinese and Western learning each have their own substance and application; combining Chinese substance with Western application makes both lose their meaning.
- Q33Can a society adopt another society's machinery without adopting its ways of life?
1947WienerWiener,A Scientist RebelsEnglishLetterIn copyright
- Q26Can inventors remain responsible for harmful uses of their inventions that they did not intend?
Yes. Wiener responds to a request for wartime research on controlled missiles. He treats disclosure as a moral choice because of foreseeable civilian harm. This supports responsibility for dissemination, not unlimited liability for every unforeseeable use. Brief extract; review the full paragraph before preparing a sorting pool.
- Q26Can inventors remain responsible for harmful uses of their inventions that they did not intend?