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Worksheet time: 21mins
He was the first person to suggest the Earth was a sphere
Pythagoras
Confucious
Laozi
Aristotle
Who was a student of Socrates?
Plato
Alexander the Great
Aristotle
Pericules
What other name did people called Aristotle?
the master
the genius
great student
great thinker
What does Socrates believe is dangerous in life?
evil people
false beliefs
believing in yourself
trying to understand the world
During what age was Socrates born?
Bronze
Dark
Golden
Pink
Which philosopher studied at Plato's Academy?
Socrates
Aristotle
Alexander the Great
Pericles
Which of the following 4 are NOT one of Plato's works?
Meno
Phaedo
Symposium
The Athenian Constitution
Student of Socrates
(a)
He was put on trial for corrupting the city's youth which led to his death by drinking hemlock.
(a)
In which one or ones of the following works was Socrates' trial, imprisonment, and death recounted by Plato?
Apology
Crito
Phaedo
Meno
Poetics
He was a tutor to Alexader the Great
Plato
Alexander I
Aristotle
Socrates
Student of Plato
Confucious
Diogenes
Aristotle
Socrates
Many of Aristotle's works come from his lectures at _________
The Academy
Athens
The Lyceum
The Symposium
. His philosophical output includes the Nicomachean Ethics, Physics, and Metaphysics
Confucious
Diogenes
Aristotle
Socrates
His Poetics discusses the types of drama and considers an effect of tragedies known as catharsis, or the purging of bad feelings
Confucious
Plato
Aristotle
Socrates
A pivotal thinker from China’s Spring and Autumn period, his views on proper conduct and filial piety still influence China to this day.
Confucious
Diogenes
Laozi
Zeno of Elea
Many of his works were compiled by his disciples following his death in a text known as the Analects.
(a)
He put much importance on ren, the inner state which allows one to behave compassionately toward others, and on a concept called li, which can help individuals attain ren.
Confucious
Diogenes
Laozi
Zeno of Elea
a quasi-mythical thinker of the Taoist tradition, to whom the pivotal Tao te Ching is attributed.
Confucious
Diogenes
Laozi
Zeno of Elea
Associated with Tao (the way) and wu wei (a life of non-action)
Confucious
Diogenes
Laozi
Zeno of Elea
He is frequently depicted as an old man with a donkey. He is attributed to the quote “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
Confucious
Diogenes
Laozi
Zeno of Elea
Founded the school of Cynicism
Antisthenes
Diogenes
Epicurus
Aristotle
According to legend, he lived in a tub or a barrel on the street, and wandered Athens holding a lamp in his futile search for an honest man
Antisthenes
Diogenes
Epicurus
Socrates
Founder of the school of Epicureanism who believed that pleasure was the highest good, and that the absence of pain (aponia) was the highest pleasure.
Epicurus
Confucius
Aristotle
Diogenes
He is most famous today for “Zeno’s paradoxes,” most notably the Dichotomy Paradox
Zeno of Elea
Diogenes
Zeno of Citium
Epicurus
Known as the "first philosopher"
Thales
Anaximenes
Cicero
Diogenes
Though he is better remembered today for his role in the political life of the Roman Republic, he (sometimes known as “Tully”) was also a significant philosopher.
Cicero
Thales
Diogenes
Zeno of Elea
The concept of wu wei can be attributed to what religion?
Buddhism
Taoism
Hinduism
Sikhism
He is credited with discovering that any triangle whose hypotenuse is the diameter of a circle must be a right triangle. He is sometimes thought of as the founder of a “Milesian school” of philosophy
(a)
On the Republic, Hortensius, On the Nature of the Gods, and On the Laws, were all authored by this man
(a)
His extensive writings include treatises on rhetoric, philosophy and politics, and he is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.
Cicero
Caesar
Alexander the Great
Plato
Known as the "father of tragedy"
Cicero
Socrates
Aristotle
Aeschylus
Founder of the school of stoicism
Zeno of Elea
Diogenes
Zeno of Citium
Epicurus
His philosophical output includes Nicomachean Ethics, which argues that virtues consist in a “golden mean” between two extremes.
Socrates
Aristotle
Alexander the Great
Pericles
Who was NOT associated with existentialism
Søren Kierkegaard
Friedrich Nietzsche
Jean-Paul Sartre
Rene Descartes
Epistemology is
The theory of knowledge
The knowledge of theory
The theory of ethics
The study of ethics
