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Which philosopher is best known for his statement cogito ergo sum (I think, therefore I am)?
Plato
Jean-Paul Sartre
René Descartes
Socrates
René Descartes.
As he explained it, "we cannot doubt of our existence while we doubt." Descartes's statement became a fundamental element of Western philosophy, as it purported to provide a certain foundation for knowledge in the face of radical doubt. The very act of doubting one's own existence served as proof of the reality of one's own mind.
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Who wrote "Das Kapital" and "The Communist Manifesto"?
Karl Marx
John Locke
Vladimir Lenin
Friedrich Nietzsche
Karl Marx.
Das Kapital is a foundational theoretical text in materialist philosophy, economics and politics. It's the most cited book in the social sciences published before 1950. Marx's ideas have been thought of as responsible for socialist revolutions (like the Russian Revolution).
According to Plato, what is knowledge?
That which can be proven
There is no such thing as true knowledge
A justified true belief
Opinion
A justified true belief. Plato believed that there are truths to be discovered; that knowledge is possible. Moreover, he held that truth is not relative. Instead, it is objective.
By what name are the collected sayings of Confucius and his followers known?
The Bhagavad Gita
The Analects
The Koran
The Zen Way
There are the 5 Analects of Confucius:
Who described life as "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short"?
Thomas Hobbes
Alfred North Whitehead
Adam Smith
Plato
Thomas Hobbes.
Hobbes believed that the only true and correct form of government was the absolute monarchy. He argued this most forcefully in his landmark work, Leviathan.
Who said "It doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile. Winning is winning.
Adam Smith
Socrates
Alain de Botton
Non of the above
Dominic Toretto (THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS)
Philosophy comes from the Greek philosophia, meaning what?
Love of wisdom
Lover of philosophy
Lover of questions
Love of life
The word “philosophy” comes to us from ancient Greek and means “love of wisdom”. Someone who pursues philosophy, then, was supposed to be someone who was seeking the attainment of wisdom.
What philosophical "blade" encourages one to prefer simple explanations when they fit the evidence?
Darwin's Dagger
Occam's Razor
Neil's Knife
The Sword Of Aristophanes
Examples of Occam's razor:
“You have a headache?”, “Oh no… you might have the Black Death!” Sure, it's true that one of the symptoms of the Black Death is a headache but, using Occam's razor, it's obviously much more likely that you're dehydrated or suffering from a common cold.
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Who said: "It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends"
Tony Stark
Tony Soprano
Albus Dumbledore
Leo Tolstoy
After awarding Harry, Ron and Hermione a grand total of 160 points for their contributions in preventing the theft of the Sorcerer’s Stone, Dumbledore gives Neville Longbottom 10 points for standing up to the golden trio, clinching the House Cup for Gryffindor. Neville held true to what he thought was right rather than giving into peer pressure, an act that Dumbledore deems worthy of recognition.
Which branch of philosophy is primarily concerned with the question of being?
Platonism
Humanism
Marxism
Existentialism
Existentialism is a philosophy that emphasizes individual existence, freedom and choice (free will). It is the view that humans define their own meaning in life, and try to make rational decisions despite existing in an irrational universe.
Read: Søren Kierkegaard, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jean-Paul Sartre, Friedrich Nietzsche
What philosopher wrote the famous work "On Liberty"?
Sir Thomas More
Captain America
John Stuart Mill
Clint Eastwood
Mill suggests standards for the relationship between authority and liberty. He asserts that democratic ideals may result in the tyranny of the majority. Among the standards proposed are Mill's three basic liberties of individuals:
What Greek philosopher known for his triangle-related "Theorem" had numerically-obsessed followers?
Pythagoras
Socrates
Aristotle
Plato
Pythagoras was a Greek philosopher who made important developments in mathematics, astronomy, and the theory of music. The theorem now known as Pythagoras's theorem was known to the Babylonians 1000 years earlier but he may have been the first to prove it.
What does tabula rasa mean?
Clean slate
Rise tomorrow
New knowledge
Red tablet
Tabula rasa (Clean slate) is the theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content, and therefore all knowledge comes from experience or perception.
John Locke came up with that idea.
What 17th-century philosopher said "Without God nothing can be conceived"?
Niccolo Machiavelli
Immanuel Kant
Thomas Hobbes
Benedict De Spinoza
In Spinoza's day to deny the Bible was widely regarded as a dangerous heresy, one punishable by law, because it called into question the status of the Bible as a divinely inspired document.
What philosophical "-ism" is closely associated with writer Ayn Rand?
Positivism
Utilitarianism
Objectivism
Collectivism
Existential nihilism insists what?
Death is not the end.
The human condition has no meaning.
Humans are naturally codependent.
Knowledge is limited.
The human condition has no meaning.
Can I be happy as a nihilist? Yes, happiness is a separate thing from meaning. Life being meaningless doesn't have to correlate with your happiness at all. We exist arbitrarily; as a random occurrence of nature, with no preordained purpose, a reason to live or innate value.
Who said “Do. Or do not. There is no try.”
Yoda
Darth Vader
Frodo Baggins
Friedrich Nietzsche
Yoda used it when someone needed a little tough love.
The allegory of the cave (prisoners chained in a cave) argues what?
Perceptions are sources of absolute knowledge.
We are born with infinite knowledge.
There is value in ignorance.
Our perceptions may not be accurate.
Plato's allegory of the cave is a metaphor designed to illustrate human perception, ideologies, illusions, opinions, ignorance and sensory appearances. The cave is a prison for individuals who base their knowledge based on ideologies.
Who famously said: "Life must be understood backward. But it must be lived forward."?
Yoda
John Stuart Mill
Soren Kierkegaard
Immanuel Kant
When thinking about life, Kierkegaard reminds us of what we already know. We can only really understand our lives by looking back on things we've already done.
Metaphysics is the study of…
Politics
Ethics
Knowledge
Existence
The branch of philosophy deals with the first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and space.
Who is older Confucius or Lao Tzu?
Legend has it that the two Masters met more than once, Lao-tzu being somewhat senior to Confucius. ... Confucius had reached the age of fifty-one and still had not “heard the Tao.”
Which branch of philosophy says that the self as an essence does not exist and this is due to our ignorance of the true nature of the world.
Positivism
Utilitarianism
Objectivism
Eastern Philosophy
There are three main philosophical thought leaders in Asian culture: Lao Tzu, Buddha and Confucius.
Plato was a student to which philosopher?
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Qui-Gon Jinn
Socrates
Aristotle
Socrates
What is the philosophical study of value called?
Valuation
Ontology
Axiology
Ethics
Axiology is the study of the nature, types, and criteria of values and of value judgments especially in ethics.
Who said "It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do."
Allen Carr
Alain de Botton
Woody Allen
Ellen DeGeneres
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