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UNDERSTANDING THE SELF

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what is the real name of plato

a)

aristotle

b)

aristocles

c)

achilles

d)

acrisius

2.

this is the school that plato established (case sensitive)

(a)  

3.

it is referred to as "the undying self"

a)

a person's mind

b)

a person's heart

c)

a person's soul

d)

a person's body

4.

it begins with the feeling or experience that there is something lacking

a)

plato's love

b)

socrates' love

c)

plato's knowledge

d)

socrates' knowledge

5.

it speaks of the ignorance of humanity trapped in the conventional ethics formed by society (case sensitive)

(a)  

6.

it translates to love of wisdom (case sensitive)

(a)  

7.

when the philosophical thoughts shifted to the nature of human beings, what city became the center of western thought?

a)

sparta

b)

miletus

c)

corinth

d)

athens

8.

who is this philosopher?

a)

plato

b)

socrates

c)

aristotle

d)

freud

9.

this method employs a back and forth of questions and answers between the student and the teacher

a)

the socratic method

b)

the athenean method

c)

plato's theory of forms

d)

debates and arguments

10.

they were the first teachers of the west (case sensitive)

(a)  

11.

socrates was the mentor of plato and plato was the mentor of aristotle

a)

true

b)

perhaps

c)

false

d)

maybe

12.

who said this

"the unexamined life is not worth living"

a)

plato

b)

aristotle

c)

socrates

d)

herodotus

13.

what was plato's writing that brought forth socrates' thoughts into the public

a)

republic

b)

the dialogues

c)

euthyphro

d)

apology

14.

what is the goal of the socratic method

a)

to search for the definition of a thing

b)

to employ one's debate skills

c)

to engage in a philosophical discussion

d)

to bring someone closer to the final understanding

15.

according to socrates, the true self is not the body but the ___

a)

soul

b)

spirit

c)

knowledge

d)

wisdom

16.

plato's metaphysics is known as (case sensitive)

(a)  

17.

who is this philosopher?

a)

herodotus

b)

socrates

c)

plato

d)

aristotle

18.

what is metaphysics

a)

the philosophical study on the cases and nature of things

b)

the philosophical study of the origin of life

c)

the philosophical study and critique of one's ideals and ways of life

d)

the philosophical study of one's wisdom, knowledge, and life

19.

they are objects that are grasped intellectually (case sensitive)

(a)  

20.

what are the characteristics of forms

a)

ageless, unconventional, unmoving

b)

ageless, unchanging, unmoving

c)

ageless, eternal, permanent

d)

unmoving, intentional, ageless