INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON (MIDTERM )

What is originally meant “love of wisdom”?

• Ethics

• Aesthetics

• Philosophy

• Epistemology

What is the branch of philosophy that explores the nature of moral virtue and evaluates human action?

• Ethics

• Aesthetics

• Philosophy

• Epistemology

What is really only an extension of a fundamental and necessary drive in every human being to know what is real?

• Ethics

• Aesthetics

• Metaphysics

• Epistemology

He/she is the most famous student of Socrates.

• Plato

• Husserl

• Aristotle

• Descartes

According to him, “to be happy, one must live a virtuous life”.

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Socrates

• Descartes

Which branch of philosophy deals with arguments?

• Logic

• Ethics

• Aesthetics

• Epistemology

The issue of who deserves to be a National Artist falls under which branch of Philosophy?

• Logic

• Ethics

• Metaphysics

• Epistemology

Etymologically, what does "philo" mean?

• wisdom

• to love

• to learn

• to survive

The allegory of the cave argues what?

• We are born with infinite knowledge.

• Perceptions are sources of absolute knowledge.

• There is value in ignorance.

• Our perceptions may not be accurate.

Who was China’s greatest thinker, teacher, and philosopher?

• Buddha

• Lao Tzu

• Mencius

• Confucius