An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals True or False

1. Which warrior did the historian Livy describe as having "many eminent virtues…balanced by great Vices"? -> Alexander the Great
2. What quality does Hume describe as having "a productive faculty, and gilding or staining all natural objects with the colours, borrowed from internal sentiment, raises in a manner a new creation"? -> Taste
3. Hereditary riches may be valued in most countries in Europe, but in which country does Hume claim that "more regard is paid to present opulence"? -> England
4. What does Hume see as being "absolutely requisite to the well-being of mankind and existence of society"? -> Vanity
5. What type of "virtues" does Hume believe "neither advance a man's fortune in the world, nor render him a more valuable member of society; neither qualify him for the entertainment of company, nor increase his power of self-enjoyment"? -> Monkish virtues

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