Im: Ya_①_ your hair? Jo: No. It’s always been purple. Im: Come on! You’re 55. No one 55 keeps her hair color! Jo: Okay, I did. Im: YOU _②_ it or had it done? Jo: I did it. I’m older, but not a fool; have you seen the stupid prices people pay to _③_? color dye dyed have it dyed Choose: color dye dyed have it dyed
Note: The product is called hair dye.
Answers And Explanation ① dyed, because we dye our hair. ② dyed, because we dye our hair. ③ have it dyed, because when someone else does the dying we say “have it dyed” or “have it done.”
The Greek philosopher meant: a. Mind is better than body. b. Fashion is choice. c. Our choices make us. d. We are mind, not body.
Answer And Explanation I think the answer is C. I mean–that is the best answer, in my view–because yes d.sounds correct, but I think it isn’t; weare notmind or body; we are both (many philosophers, scientists, and physiologists, these days, think it is true that mind and body are not separate; they are one thing).
Choice a. also could be mistaken for the answer; surely, religion teaches people that “the soul” (really a spiritual word forthe mind) is the thing that matters. This is what leads people to think that they are (a spirit or a mind) “riding around in their heads”, as philosopher and neuroscientist Sam Harris says. This also seems wrong. “You,” or your mind, is no more separate from your body than your cornea is separate from your eye.
Choice b. is probably correct, but anyone who thinks that the great and honored philosopher #Epectitus was merely talking about fashion (in this statement) must be missing the point.
