Question
God the Father is identified with darkness, and Jesus with light, which fuse in nature according to this thinker’s three Principles. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Lutheran theologian and mystic who wrote Aurora and The Signature of All Things. This philosopher’s notion of Ungrund, often translated as “abyss” or “nothingness,” is a sort of desire for self-manifestation inherent in both God and humans.
ANSWER: Jakob Böhme
[10m] Böhme’s description of the internal conflict in divine nature influenced Paul Tillich, a thinker in this tradition. The Ungrund influenced members of this philosophical tradition like Nikolai Berdyaev and Lev Shestov.
ANSWER: Christian existentialism [prompt on existentialism]
[10e] This thinker called Böhme the “first German philosopher” and discussed him with Francis Bacon in Lectures on the History of Philosophy. This philosopher analyzed world history through the lens of geist.
ANSWER: G. W. F. Hegel [or Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel]
<VD, Philosophy (Early Modern)>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Indiscernible Broke Girls | Yesodei HaTorah 2:7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Goldman & Jackson | Knox et al | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Three Cantabrigians | The Chard Problem of Consciousness | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Water Buffalo | Fable of the Miis | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror | 05/31/25 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror | 07/13/25 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror | 08/10/25 | Y | 6 | 23.33 | 100% | 67% | 67% |