EXERCISE 12.

a) Find in the texts the words, which have the similar meanings as the following words:

to think over, to provide, to discover, to differ from;

b) Find in the texts the words, which have the opposite meanings to the following words:

always, life, accurate, right, absolute, the present, narrow, old, theory, international.

 

EXERCISE 13.Complete the following sentences in a logical way:

1. The humanities are...

2. The humanities offer...

3. The humanities include...

4. Philosophy is...

5. A philosopher is...

6. Philosophers are curious about...

7. Philosophers are trying to...

8. Philosophy can be distinguished from...

9. History is...

10. History refers to...

11. Political science deals with...

12. Political science includes...

13. Political science uses...

14. Jurisprudence is...

15. Jurisprudence is divided into...

 

EXERCISE 14. Answer the questions:

1. What do the humanities offer?

2. What do the humanities reveal?

3. What do the humanities include?

4. What does the word "philosophy" mean?

5. What ancient philosophers do you know?

6. What questions are philosophers trying to answer?

7. How do philosophers put their questions?

8. How do philosophers solve the problems?

9. How do philosophers search for answers?

10. What does history include?

11. From where does the term "history" come?

12. What types of sources do historians use?

13. What does political science deal with?

14. What does political science include?

15. What does political science use?

16. What is jurisprudence?

17. What does it consist of?

18. What are the main questions of analytic jurisprudence?

19. What are the main questions of normative jurisprudence?

20. What humanities do you study?

 

EXERCISE 15. Agree or disagree with the following statements; add some more information:

1. Philosophy is an easy discipline.

2. The humanities offer a complete answer.

3. Philosophers are curious about the world.

4. The term “history” comes from the Latin word.

5. Political science is one of the social sciences.

6. The term “jurisprudence” comes from the Greek word.

 

EXERCISE 16.

a) Read and give a summary of the text.

b) Make up two questions to each paragraph.