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WorksheetsSelf, Death and the Afterlife - The Soul
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
Plato was alive in...
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Britain
Plato argued using the ____________ of the cave.
allegory
analogy
example
story
The allegory of the cave showed that...
the things we see in the world are 'shadows'
the things we see in the world are real
the things we see in the world are there to trick us
everyone uses reason to explore the world
Plato argued that, to understand the truth we have to use...
empirical senses
reason
books
religion
When we use our reason, we realise that we can ____________ things, even when they are different and imperfect
recognise
see
study
comprehend
For Plato, this means that there must be, somewhere, a perfect ________ of everything in the world.
Form
Object
Copy
Version
These perfect Forms would have to be...
in a non-physical place
in a physical place
untrue
with God
Forms are... (select multiple options)
perfect
constant
unchanging
empirically verifiable
in the world
For Plato, what is our soul made up of?
1 part
2 parts
3 parts
4 parts
The 3 parts are...
Reason/logic
Dark horse
Light horse
Evil horse
Good horse
The soul is in constant...
battle
harmony
synergy
cooperation
The reason/logic of the soul is trying to...
return to the world of Forms
stay alive
satisfy physical needs
go to heaven to be with God
Plato was a...
dualist
materialist
realist
trialist
Aristotle was...
Plato's student
Plato's son
Plato's friend
Plato's brother
Aristotle's work became the foundation of...
science
philosophy
maths
astrology
For Aristotle: "To attain any assured knowledge about the soul is one of the most _________ things in the world."
difficult
rewarding
inspiring
dangerous
Therefore, Aristotle based his understanding of the soul on...
empirical evidence
reason
logic
the allegory of the cave
For Aristotle, a soul is...
what gives something its essential nature
separate from the physical body
non-physical
given by God
For example, the soul of an eye is...
sight
the retina
impossible to know
the brain
The soul of a human is...
intellect
the brain
spiritual
impossible to decipher
In Greek, intellect is...
nous
intello
intelli
noleg
Descartes was a...
dualist
materialist
scientist
deist
Descartes starts his argument by...
doubting everything
reading other people's ideas
using scientific observation
asking other people for their thoughts
Descartes doubted... (select multiple options)
other people's ideas/arguments
his preconceived notions/opinions
his body
the world around him
whether he had a soul
"In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to ___________."
contemplate
teach
study
read
"The senses _________ from time to time"
deceive
fail
help
prove
"The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to _________ wholly those who have deceived us even once."
trust
confide
like
support
"We do not __________ the world we see, we see the world we can ____________."
describe
know
understand
trust
"A wicked ________ could be tricking me."
demon
devil
Satan
person
"I doubt everything. I doubt my own ________."
body
existence
mind
world
"How do I know I am _________ here in this room?"
sitting
standing
walking
existing
Descartes then produces his most famous quote:
"I doubt therefore I think; I think therefore I am."
"I think therefore I doubt; I doubt therefore I am."
"I doubt therefore I think; I am therefore I think."
I doubt therefore I think. I think therefore I doubt."
In Latin:
"Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum"
"Cogito ergo dubito; sum ergo cogito."
"Dubito cogito ergo; cogito sum ergo"
The only things we can be certain of are...
self-evident
a posteriori
reliant on empirical evidence
nothing
"I can doubt that I have a __________, but I cannot doubt that I exist. Therefore, I am not a _______."
body
brain
sense
truth
For Descartes, he had a clear and distinct idea of himself as a...
thinking, non-extended thing
thinking, extended thing
non-thinking, extended thing
non-thinking, non-extended thing
For Descartes, he had a clear and distinct idea of his body as a...
thinking, non-extended thing
thinking, extended thing
non-thinking, extended thing
non-thinking, non-extended thing
The mind (soul) is linked to the physical body through...
a certain part of the brain
the mind
the heart
the whole body
