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WorksheetsPhilosophy Chapter 3
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
Skeptics believed all knowledge could be proven wrong so it is best to believe nothing. This was founded by...
Pyrrho
Antisthenis
Epicurias
Philo
For Skeptics like Pyrrho, anyone claiming to have arrived at an indisputable truth was a _____.
Dogmatist
Cynic
Hedonist
Stoic
Skeptics like _____ advocated _____.
Pyrrho; Suspension of Judgment
Epicurus; long term pleasure from moderation
Antisthenes; living a natural life free from societal norms
Zeno; living according to nature's plan and accepting hardship with indifference
Cynics like _____ advocated _____.
Pyrrho; Suspension of Judgment
Epicurus; long term pleasure from moderation
Antisthenes; living a natural life free from societal norms
Zeno; living according to nature's plan and accepting hardship with indifference
Stoics like _____ advocated _____.
Pyrrho; Suspension of Judgment
Epicurus; long term pleasure from moderation
Antisthenes; living a natural life free from societal norms
Zeno; living according to nature's plan and accepting hardship with indifference
Epicureanism, founded by Epicurus, advocated
Suspension of Judgment to avoid Domatism
Long term pleasure from moderation
Living a natural life free from societal norms
Living according to nature's plan and accepting hardship with indifference
Diogenes was a _____, and believed _____
Cynic; animals provide the best model for human conduct
Stoic; that one should accept natures fate and face hardship with courage and indifference
Epicurean; the best life is one of long term pleasure which comes from moderation
Neoplatonist; that transcendental experiences were the most significant for a human
Marcus Aurelius was a _____, and believed _____
Cynic; animals provide the best model for human conduct
Stoic; that one should accept natures fate and face hardship with courage and indifference
Epicurean; the best life is one of long term pleasure which comes from moderation
Neoplatonist; that transcendental experiences were the most significant for a human
Philo was a _____, and believed _____
Cynic; animals provide the best model for human conduct
Stoic; that one should accept natures fate and face hardship with courage and indifference
Epicurean; the best life is one of long term pleasure which comes from moderation
Neoplatonist; that transcendental experiences were the most significant for a human
_____ like Philo and Plotinus believed in _____.
Neoplatonists; the most mystical aspects of Plato's philosophy
Scholasticists; synthesising Aristotle's teachings with Christian theology
Stoics; accepting nature's plan and facing hardships with indifference
Epicureans; living a life of moderation to achieve long term pleasure
Epicurus based his philosophy on...
Democritus' Atomism
Philo's Neoplatonism
Protagoras' Sophism
Pyrrho's Skepticism
Epicurus was a _____ and believed _____
Materialist; the soul of man was made of Atomos
Hedonist; satisfying one's needs and avoiding pain
Scholasticist; we should merge Aristotle's philosophy with Christian theology
Neoplatonist; in the most mystical parts of Plato's theories
Philo, a Neoplatonist, suggested real knowledge can only be attained through _____.
Divine illumination
Reason
Suspension of Judgment
Sensory information
Plotinus, a Neoplatonist, arranged all things into which heirarchy?
1. The One
2. The Spirit
3. The Soul
1. The One
2. The Soul
3. The Spirit
Unlike Plato, Plotinus believed that sensory world was...
Beautiful
Distracting
Useless
Simply a source of temptation
St. Augustine posits which worlds?
City of God
City of Man
World of forms
World of senses
St. Augustine shifted the locus of control for human behaviour from the outer forces, or _____ to the inner forces, or _____.
City of Man, City of God
City of God, City of Man
Why did St. Augustine believe evil exists?
Because people choose to act in evil ways
Satan's influence on man
God's indifference
Atheism
According to Augustine, our _____ provides us an awareness of a moral right. Deviation from this results in feelings of guilt.
Internal Sense
City of Man
Predestination
Introspection
Augustine's controversial determinist view that some people are simply condemned to live sinful lives from birth is known as what?
Predestination
Introspection
Internal Sense
The Will
For Augustine, the two ways of knowing God are through...
Scripture
Introspection
Reason
Judgment
Augustine believed that unlike God, man perceives time due to...
Sensory experience
The memory of sensory experience
Reason
Predestination
The school of thought combining Aristotelean theory with Christian theology is known as what?
Scholasticism
Stoicism
Neoplatonism
Rationalism
Scholasticism, the merger of Aristotelian theory with Christian theology, was followed by who?
Thomas Aquinas
St. Augustine
Jesus
St. Paul
Thomas Aquinas' greatest achievement was...
Living life in accordance with natural law
Merging Platonic theory with mysticism
Reconciliation of faith and reason
Facing hardship with indifference
