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Pre-Socratic Philosophy Comprehension Check

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 80secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

Thales

a)

water

b)

fire

c)

air

2.

Anaximenes

a)

Fire

b)

Infinity

c)

Air

d)

Water

3.

Anaximander

a)

Infinity/Apeiron

b)

Water

c)

Fire

d)

Air

4.

Democritus

a)

Sophist

b)

Atomist

5.

Change is an illusion

a)

Heraclitus

b)

Parmenides

6.

We cannot step twice in the same river water.

a)

Heraclitus

b)

Parmenides

7.

Heraclitus

a)

Water

b)

Air

c)

Fire

8.

Primary principle is called (a)   .

9.
The pre-socratic philosophers believed there was ONE thing or substance that governed the cosmos- thus they were NOT ________________________
a)
polytheistic 
b)
monotheistic 
c)
spiritual
d)
sane 
10.

Ethics is the study of ...............

a)

how society should be run

b)

values and value judgements

c)

origins of human

d)

what is right and what is wrong

11.

It is the Greek word for love.

a)

Philos/Philia

b)

Sophia

c)

Episteme

d)

Doxa

12.

It is the branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, taste, and the creation and appreciation of beauty.

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Aesthetics

c)

Ethics

d)

Logic

e)

Epistemology

13.

It is also known as moral philosophy.

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Ethics

c)

Epistemology

d)

Aesthetics

e)

Logic

14.

IDENTIFY WHICH BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY IS

BEST ADDRESSED IN THE QUESTION:


What is truth?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

c)

Logic

d)

Ethics

e)

Aesthetics

15.

IDENTIFY WHICH BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY IS

BEST ADDRESSED IN THE QUESTION:


Which is better, to be right or to be kind?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

c)

Logic

d)

Ethics

e)

Aesthetics