Packet 6: Bonus 4
This book’s frontispiece depicts a statue of Homer on a damaged base, alluding to its argument that Homer never existed. For 10 points each:
[10m] What 1725 book by Giambattista Vico divides societies’ cyclical histories into ages of gods, heroes, and humans?
ANSWER: The New Science [or La Scienza Nuova]
[10e] On the frontispiece of The New Science, Homer stands next to a woman who embodies this field of philosophy named after an Aristotle text, which is concerned with the basic nature of reality. This field is sometimes called “first philosophy.”
ANSWER: metaphysics
[10h] On the frontispiece, an object on Metaphysics’s chest carries out this physical process. In An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, John Locke borrowed the name of this process to refer to an inner sense directed at one’s own mind.
ANSWER: reflection of light [or light reflecting or reflected light] (On the frontispiece, light from the eye of God is reflected towards Homer by a jewel on Metaphysics’s chest.)
<Editors, Philosophy> | F. Prelims 6 - British Columbia + Texas + North Carolina
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 17.14 | 95% | 48% | 29% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | Northwestern B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Bruin | Illinois B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Cambridge | UC Berkeley A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| Chicago A | Swarthmore | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| Chicago B | Northwestern A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Columbia B | Waterloo | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| Cornell | Indiana | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Georgia Tech A | Harvard | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech B | Purdue | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | M |
| Illinois A | Johns Hopkins | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Maryland B | Penn State | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Michigan | Toronto B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Minnesota | UCLA | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| NYU B | MIT | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Rutgers | Columbia A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford A | Georgia Tech C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Toronto A | Virginia Tech | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| UC Berkeley B | NYU A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| UCF | Virginia | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Vanderbilt | Stanford B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| WashU | Georgetown | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 21 | 17.14 | 95% | 48% | 29% |