Question
After experimenting with mescaline, this philosopher started to imagine that crabs were following him everywhere. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this author of Being and Nothingness.
ANSWER: Jean-Paul Sartre (“sar-truh”) [or Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre]
[10h] Around the same time, this philosopher experimented with mescaline and hashish. His posthumously published collection of writings about hashish describes the drug as a vehicle for “profane illumination.”
ANSWER: Walter Benjamin (“BEN-yah-meen”) [or Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin]
[10m] Aldous Huxley’s claims to have had mystical experiences with mescaline were criticized by this Jewish philosopher who wrote I and Thou.
ANSWER: Martin Buber
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WUSTL B | Yale B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |