Quiz on Names and the Self

What does a name represent?

Who was the first philosopher to question the self?

What is the true task of a philosopher according to Socrates?

• To achieve fame

• To know others

• To know oneself

• To gain wealth

What does Plato believe about the soul?

• It exists only after death

• It is a product of social interactions

• It exists before birth and after death

• It is irrelevant to human existence

What are the three components of the soul according to Plato?

• Rational, spirited, appetitive

• Impressions, ideas, sensations

• Body, mind, spirit

• Knowledge, virtue, happiness

What is the supreme good according to Socrates?

What does St. Augustine believe about man?

• Man is a social being

• Man is of a bifurcated nature

• Man is purely physical

• Man is only a soul

What does St. Aquinas refer to as 'matter'?

• The essence of a substance

• The common stuff that makes up everything

• The soul of a person

• The mind of a person

What is Descartes' famous philosophical statement?

• Knowledge is power

• To be is to be perceived

• I think, therefore I exist

• Cogito ergo sum

What does Socrates believe about evil acts?

• They are necessary for happiness

• They result from passion

• They are committed out of ignorance

• They are always intentional