Basic Philosophy

Who is considered the father of existentialism?

• Friedrich Nietzsche

• Søren Kierkegaard

• Jean-Paul Sartre

• Albert Camus

Which existentialist philosopher wrote "Being and Nothingness"?

• Martin Heidegger

• Jean-Paul Sartre

• Friedrich Nietzsche

• Simone de Beauvoir

"Existence precedes essence" is a principle most closely associated with which philosopher?

• Friedrich Nietzsche

• Jean-Paul Sartre

• Søren Kierkegaard

• Albert Camus

Which existentialist philosopher famously declared "God is dead"?

• Jean-Paul Sartre

• Søren Kierkegaard

• Friedrich Nietzsche

• Martin Heidegger

Which philosopher is known for the concept of "the Absurd"?

• Søren Kierkegaard

• Friedrich Nietzsche

• Jean-Paul Sartre

• Albert Camus

"Thus Spoke Zarathustra" was written by which existentialist philosopher?

• Jean-Paul Sartre

• Friedrich Nietzsche

• Albert Camus

• Martin Heidegger

This is a loose chronological term applied to the Greek Philosophers who lived before Socrates

• Post-Socratics

• Pre-Socratics

• Platonists

• Ante-Socratics

He is famous for the quote "you cannot step in the same river twice."

• Aristotle

• Heraclitus

• Meno

• Theano

According to Plato, what is truly real is not the objects we encounter in sensory experience but, rather, ___________, and these can only be grasped intellectually.

• Patterns

• Archetypes

• Meanings

• Forms

Who coined the phrase "Cogito, ergo sum"?

• René Descartes
• Aristotle

• Socrates

• Blaise Pascal