Let's Test Your Greek Philosophy Knowledge
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It's time to answer some cool questions about philosophy!
Questions and Answers
- 1.What three-letter abbreviation, placed at the end of a proof, stands for "what was to be proven"?
- A.
E.O.P.
- B.
S.I.I.
- C.
Q.E.D.
- D.
A.K.A.
- 2.In what work by Voltaire is the hero expelled from "the best of all possible castles"?
- A.
The Prince
- B.
On The Road
- C.
Candide
- D.
Atlas Shrugged
- 3.What Greek philosopher said: "The unexamined life is not worth living"?
- A.
Aristophanes
- B.
Socrates
- C.
Xeno
- D.
Plato
- 4.What comedy troupe name-checked numerous philosophers in their "Bruce's Philosophers Song"?
- A.
The Kids In The Hall
- B.
Monty Python
- C.
The Compass Players
- D.
The Groundlings
- 5.What philosophical position consists of a definite belief in the non-existence of gods or deities?
- A.
Deism
- B.
Agnosticism
- C.
Atheism
- D.
Positivism
- 6.Rene Descartes' statement "Cogito, ergo sum" means what?
- A.
I Think, Therefore I Am
- B.
To Each His Own
- C.
Mercy Above All
- D.
All Things Being Equal
- 7.What Scottish philosopher and economist spoke of an "invisible hand" guiding the market?
- A.
William Of Occam
- B.
John Duns Scotus
- C.
Adam Smith
- D.
Jeremy Bentham
- 8.Whose book "The Prince" dealt with methods for acquiring and retaining power?
- A.
Bertrand Russell
- B.
Jean-Paul Sartre
- C.
Niccolo Machiavelli
- D.
Benedict Spinoza
- 9.What word, paired with collective, featured prominently in the work of Carl Jung?
- A.
Unconscious
- B.
Economy
- C.
Energy
- D.
Ideal
- 10.Whose "Wager" or "Gambit" gives an analytical justification for believing in God?
- A.
Sir Francis Bacon's
- B.
Plato's
- C.
David Hume's
- D.
Blaise Pascal's
- 11.What Bill Watterson comic strip featured two characters named for famous thinkers?
- A.
Calvin And Hobbes
- B.
Doonesbury
- C.
Zits
- D.
Andy Capp
- 12.What writer composed philosophical texts as well as "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"?
- A.
Bertrand Russell
- B.
Charles Dickens
- C.
J. M. Barrie
- D.
Lewis Carroll
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