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Grades 6-University Philosophy

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which philosopher is best known for his statement cogito ergo sum?

a)

Rene Discartes

b)

Plato

c)

Socrates

d)

Jean- Paul Sarte

2.

According to Plato, what is knowledge?

a)

A justified true belief

b)

There is no such thing as true knowledge

c)

Opinion

d)

That which can be proven

3.

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

a)

Buddha

b)

Confucius

c)

Yao

d)

Shinto

4.

How many educational methods of Confucius?

a)

6

b)

5

c)

7

d)

4

5.

Thomas Aquinas’s cosmological arguments argue for…

a)

The existence of God

b)

Nihilism

c)

The existence of other intelligent life

d)

The existence of knowledge

6.

Philosophy comes from the two Greek words philo meaning “love” or “friendship” and sophia meaning “wisdom.” Thus, philosophy means “love of wisdom.”

a)

Etymological Definition

b)

Technical Definition

c)

Scientific Definition

d)

Descriptive Definition

7.
To set things apart for a particular purpose
a)
salient
b)
profane
c)
sacred
d)
certainty 
8.
The _______ is the source of all human action. 
a)
soul
b)
breath
c)
mind
d)
heart
9.

This is the correct application of knowledge.

a)

Intelligence

b)

Divergence

c)

Wisdom

d)

Reasoning

10.

This is ancient symbol of harmony.

a)

The Cave

b)

The Thinker

c)

Pieta

d)

Yin Yang

11.
The reality that exists outside our human experience
a)
physics
b)
mathematics
c)
magnetics
d)
metaphysics
12.

Where philosophy started?

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

Greece

d)

India

13.

This branch of philosophy studies reasoning and giving strong arguments.

a)

Logic

b)

Ethics

c)

Social Philosophy

d)

Epistemology

14.
Which philosopher wrote 170 books?
a)
Plato
b)
Socrates
c)
Aristotle
d)
Alexander the Great
15.
Who was the philosopher that taught by asking questions?
a)
Plato
b)
Socrates
c)
Aristotle
d)
Alexander
16.
Which philosopher was a student of Socrates?
a)
Plato
b)
Aristotle
c)
Alexander
17.
Who was a student of Aristotle?
a)
Plato
b)
Socrates
c)
Alexander the Great
d)
Zeus
18.
Which philosopher did not write any books based on the belief that debating was better than writing?
a)
Socrates
b)
Plato
c)
Aristotle
d)
Pluto
19.
Which philosopher started an Academy in Greece?
a)
Aristotle
b)
Socrates
c)
Plato
d)
Zeus
20.
Which philosopher was known as the greatest scientist of the ancient world?
a)
Socrates
b)
Plato
c)
Hercules
d)
Aristotle