What Ancient Greek Philosophy Do You Gel With The Most?
From sophistry to skepticism, see what ancient philosophy you adhere to the best!
- 1.Do you believe in God?
- A.
Yes, the forces that be preside over us in a state of perfection.
- B.
Yes, the forces that be are among us.
- C.
Perhaps, but if there is a god, he probably doesn't care about us.
- D.
If enough people think there is a god, then there may as well be a god.
- E.
There is nothing to provide reason that there is a god. There most likely isn't a god.
- 2.What's your favorite subject in school?
- A.
Mathematics!
- B.
English!
- C.
Science!
- D.
Law and political theory!
- E.
School is crud. What the heck am I REALLY supposed to get out of it?
- 3.What is our source of existence?
- A.
The immutable soul, of course.
- B.
Fire.
- C.
Our elements harmonize with love. If it isn't as simple as that, then it's way too complicated to understand.
- D.
In the grand scheme of things, we're hardly individuals anyway.
- E.
Our biological functions keep us in existence.
- 4.You into the cause for preserving the environment at all?
- A.
Very much so. Without preserving nature as a whole, we are nothing.
- B.
Yeah, our lives should be simple enough so that we don't interfere with the environment.
- C.
Eh, enough people bother with it, so maybe I ought to make a big deal of it too.
- D.
Meh, not really. The fact that the environment is changing is a natural process.
- E.
If the environment shifts, plants and animals will die. Think of the creatures!
- 5.What sorts of things do you eat and drink?
- A.
Anything goes, really.
- B.
I'm a staunch vegetarian.
- C.
I refuse to eat meat or anything meat-related. Hell, sometimes I refuse to eat some kinds of plants too.
- D.
My highest priority is to stay away from alcohol.
- E.
I eat simply so that I may simply live.
- 6.How knowledgeable are you, in general?
- A.
- 7.Are you close with your peers and friends?
- A.
Ha. Almost as though I were one with them!
- B.
Yes, I see friendship as one of the best things a person could have.
- C.
Kind of. With people, there are moments of love, and moments of strife. We have to take in both.
- D.
I'm indifferent towards others, so long as they don't get in my way.
- E.
Pfeh. People come and go. I work alone.
- 8.What pleases you?
- A.
Just let me be healthy and at peace, and I'm good to go.
- B.
Feeling superior. There's nothing like that feeling you get when you've won in an argument.
- C.
When everything gels together and everything just seems to be in harmony.
- D.
A little bit of everything, really. Just in moderation.
- E.
Meh. I do my best to abstain from earthly pleasures.
- 9.What is the greatest thing one can possess?
- A.
Influence.
- B.
Justice.
- C.
Indifference.
- D.
Pleasure.
- E.
Consistency.
- 10.What'd be a good kind of country to live in?
- A.
One that emphasizes the welfare of the community.
- B.
One that emphasizes the welfare of the individual.
- 11.How important is it that people take what you believe seriously?
- A.
- 12.Is there an afterlife?
- A.
Yes, definitely. Otherwise, death is a boon.
- B.
Doubtful at best. Things happen here, in this life, in this existence.
- C.
Who cares if there is or not? You're alive right now. Worry about that first.
- D.
Ridiculous. Our existence right now is like a whole entity all its own. How can there be more to it?
- E.
Well, I think we reincarnate.
- 13.What's a mind-twisting subject that you love speculating on?
- A.
Quantum entanglement!
- B.
Set theory!
- C.
Piecing together evolution!
- D.
The welfare of humanity!
- E.
Logical paradoxes!
- 14.Best pickup line?
- A.
Perhaps we are of one substance, you and I.
- B.
I think it's about time our forms started creating infinite regresses of each other.
- C.
Baby, how'd you like to be one with me?
- D.
YOU can step into my bedroom twice, and we'll let our flames collide.
- E.
But...but...I'm abstinent...
- 15.Favorite kind of music?
- A.
Give me the stuff that awakens the reclusive demon inside me.
- B.
Eh, music's whatever you want it to be. I'm into some obscure stuff.
- C.
It's all about the Beatles.
- D.
I'm...really not into music. Too distracting.
- E.
What kind of dumb choices are these? What on earth qualifies as music, anyway?
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