WorksheetsPre-Socratic Philosophers 2
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
The Eleatic school that Parmenides founded is located in:
Greece
Italy
Turkiye
Africa
The Eleatic school of thought advocated monism.
True
False
Which concept of the arche do the Eleatics most explicitly reject?
The arche as water
The arche as air
The arche as the apeiron
The arche as fire
How did Empedocles seek to prove his immortality and magic powers?
Jumping into a volcano
Writing poems to his lover
Controlling the four elements
Proving the pluralist theory
Both Empedocles and Pythagoras were pluralists.
True
False
Which statement/s are TRUE of Anaxagoras’s philosophy?
I. All things are made of germs
II. Germs are ruled by an internal nous
I only
II only
Both I and II
Neither I nor II
Who among the following are part of the Eleatic school?
I. Empedocles
II. Thales
III. Parmenides
IV. Zeno
I and II
II and III
III and IV
I and IV
Zeno proves (X) divisibility through the paradox of Achilles and the (Y).
(X) finite; (Y) tortoise
(X) finite; (Y) arrow
(X) infinite; (Y) tortoise
(X) infinite; (Y) arrow
Based on Zeno’s arrow paradox, at which of these two points is the arrow said to have changed?
I. When the arrow is fired
II. When the arrow hits the target
I only
II only
Both I and II
Neither I nor II
Your toxic ex sends you a private message pleading with you to take them back. Which philosopher would reject this proposal?
Empedocles
Heraclitus
Anaxagoras
Zeno
