WorksheetsQUIZ 1_UNDERSTANDING THE SELF
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is said to be the union of elements that constitute the individuality and identity of a person?
Philosophy
Self
Identity
Soul
Who was the first philosopher who ever engaged in a systematic questioning about the self?
Aristotle
Kant
Plato
Socrates
Which idea of Socrates did Plato support about the Self?
Personal identity is static and unchanging
Man is a dual nature of body and soul.
Self is separate from embodied experiences
None of the above
In evaluating whether one has achieved self-knowledge or "Know Thy Self", which criterion is most reasonable?
Approval from influential leaders
Consistent actions matched with owned values
Frequency of public recognition
Mastery of attitude
In Plato’s tripartite soul, which part governs reasoning and knowledge?
Rational part
Appetitive part
Material part
Spirited part
Which everyday example best shows appetitive dominance?
Skipping sleep to finish research
Defending a friend out of loyalty
Buying luxury goods to satisfy cravings
Studying ethics to refine judgment
Which claim about the soul is attributed to Plato in this material?
The soul directs our path toward action
The soul is purely material and mortal
The soul is irrational and disorderly
None of the above
Who attempted to respond to skepticism by deriving views about self through combined Platonic concepts and Christian doctrines?
Socrates
Aquinas
Augustine
Descartes
Thomas Aquinas described the human person as composed of which two parts?
Soul and spirit
Mind and consciousness
Matter and form
Body and will
Who said that the body is nothing else but a machine that is attached to the mind. The human person has it but it is not what makes man a man. If at all, that is the mind?
Socrates
Aquinas
Augustine
Descartes
