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#1 USELF QUIZ - Who am I?

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

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Class
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1.

What is the meaning of Rene Descartes' "I think, therefore I am"

a)

I am human, therefore I am existing

b)

I am thinking, therefore I am existing

c)

I am thinking, therefore I am breathing

d)

I am existing, therefore I am human

2.

How did St. Thomas Aquinas define the form in his formula of a man?

a)

it is the essence of a instance

b)

it is the value of a substance

c)

it is the importance of a thing

d)

it is the importance of life

3.

How did Sigmund Freud define the Preconscious layer of the self?

a)

This layer contains material that is not threatening and is easily brought to mind

b)

This layer contains material that is threatening and is easily brought to mind

c)

This layer contains material that is not threatening and it cannot be brought to mind

d)

This layer contains material that is threatening and is easily brought to the soul

4.

What is the definition given by Plato to one of his three components of soul which is the Rational Soul?

a)

Keeping our emotions at bay

b)

Based on the pleasure principle

c)

Based on desires

d)

The use of intellectual reasonings to manage affairs/situations

5.

How did Socrates differentiate body and soul?

a)

"Body" - imperfect and temporary "Soul" - perfect and permanent

b)

"Body" - perfect and temporary "Soul" - perfect and permanent

c)

"Body" - imperfect and temporary "Soul" - imperfect and permanent

d)

"Body" - imperfect and permanent "Soul" - perfect and temporary

6.

What is the Greek version of "To know thyself"?

a)

"gnothi saeuton"

b)

"gnothi seauton"

c)

"gnothi seuton"

d)

"gnoti seauton"

7.

What talks about reality and existence?

a)

Dualistic

b)

Philosophers

c)

Philosophy

d)

Various

8.

Who is the Philosopher who stated that there is a chance that our soul will be just and virtuous?

a)

Plato

b)

Maurice Marleau-Ponty

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

St. Thomas Aquinas

9.

Who is the Philosopher who claimed that the living body, his thoughts, emotions, and experiences are all one?

a)

Gilbert Ryle

b)

Aristotle

c)

Maurice Marleau-Ponty

d)

John Locke

10.

This Philosopher pointed out that the self will not exist without the physical body. Who is he?

a)

Rene Descartes

b)

St. Augustine

c)

David Hume

d)

Gilbert Ryle

11.

Who is the Philosopher who supported the claim of Plato but adds Christianity to it?

a)

Immanuel Kant

b)

St. Augustine

c)

Maurice Marleau-Ponty

d)

Rene Descartes

12.

Who believed that the SELF is multi-layered?

a)

St. Augustine

b)

Sigmund Freud

c)

Gilbert Ryle

d)

Socrates

13.

Who has a very simple claim about self where he claimed that "The SELF exists because of memory"?

a)

Immanuel Kant

b)

Sigmund Freud

c)

Aristotle

d)

John Locke

14.

He argued that if we ruin our soul therefore as if we ruin our self too, who is this Philosopher?

a)

Aristotle

b)

John Locke

c)

Plato

d)

Socrates

15.

Who made a formula on how man is created?

a)

David Hume

b)

Immanuel Kant

c)

St. Thomas Aquinas

d)

Gilbert Ryle

16.

Who is this Philosopher who emphasized that "What truly matters is the behavior that a person manifests in his day-to-day life"?

a)

Maurice Marleau-Ponty

b)

St. Augustine

c)

St. Thomas

d)

Gilbert Ryle

17.

Who is the philosopher that argued that if a man is not thinking, he is not considered to be existing?

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

Socrates

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

John Locke

18.

Who believed that man is of a bifurcated nature?

a)

St. Augustine

b)

St. Ryle

c)

St. Thomas Aquinas

d)

St. Ponty

19.

He believed that if a person knows she/he is all of his/her difficulties will vanish and everything will be simpler and clearer, who is this Philosopher?

a)

Plato

b)

Socrates

c)

Aristotle

d)

Freud

20.

Who is the Philosopher who agreed with the claim of Hume and Descartes?

a)

David Hume

b)

John Locke

c)

Immanuel Kant

d)

Socrates