Quiz no. 1

1. In the history of Philosophy, what period covers the 14th - 16th century?

• Medieval Philosophy
• Scholasticism
• Modern Philosophy

2. Who are the philosophers who lived before Socrates?

• Pre - Socratics
• Precursors of Socrates
• Philo - Socratic

3. What is the fundamental concept that represent the origin, source, or underlying principle of everything in the universe?

• Apeiron
• Pyrrho
• Arche

4. Who is the first Pre - Socratic philosopher who believed that water is the origin of everything?

• Thales of Miletus
• Anaximenes
• Anaxagoras

5. Anaximander, being the first metaphysical philosopher, believed that this is the origin of everything. What is his arche?

• Pyrrho
• Apeiron
• Nous

6. What does apeiron mean?

• Finite
• Limited
• Limitless or Boundless

7. Who is the Pre - Socratic Philosopher who formulated that air is the arche of everything?

• Anaximenes
• Anaximander
• Herodotus

8. Who is the last Pre-Socratic philosopher?

• Socrates
• Heraclitus
• Leucippus

9. What is the arche for Heraclitus?

• Air
• Water
• Fire

10. According to Heraclitus, what does fire symbolizes?

• Change
• Heat
• Everything