Question 1

​Aesara of Lucania overlooked the importance of emotions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

​Who held that reality was completely full?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Plato 
B)  ​Parmenides 
C)  ​Empedocles 
D)  ​Anaximander 
A)  ​Plato 
B)  ​Parmenides 
C)  ​Empedocles 
D)  ​Anaximander

Question 3

​How many wisdoms were there, according to Heraclitus?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​1 
B)  ​2 
C)  ​3 
D)  ​4 
A)  ​1 
B)  ​2 
C)  ​3 
D)  ​4

Question 4

​The term "sophos" is from the Greek word for "wise."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

​Pythagoras wrote extensively.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

​Socrates was the first Western philosopher.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

​Thales held that fire was the underlying substance of the universe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

​Anaximander held that the earth was originally

Accepted Answer

A)  ​fluid 
B)  ​fire 
C)  ​dust 
D)  ​sky 
A)  ​fluid 
B)  ​fire 
C)  ​dust 
D)  ​sky

Question 9

​Heraclitus was a social critic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

​Plato records that Thales fell into a well.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

​Where was Thales from?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Corinth 
B)  ​Athens 
C)  ​Stagira 
D)  ​Miletus 
A)  ​Corinth 
B)  ​Athens 
C)  ​Stagira 
D)  ​Miletus

Question 12

​Anaximenes held that qualitative differences cannot produce quantitative changes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

​Pneuma is fire.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

​Socrates was a sophos.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

​Nous is the Greek word for

Accepted Answer

A)  ​mind 
B)  ​spirit 
C)  ​love 
D)  ​rope 
A)  ​mind 
B)  ​spirit 
C)  ​love 
D)  ​rope

Question 16

​What did Pythagoreans think was the first principle of all things?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Reason 
B)  ​Number 
C)  ​Fire 
D)  ​Strife 
A)  ​Reason 
B)  ​Number 
C)  ​Fire 
D)  ​Strife

Question 17

​The sophos asked questions other people thought had been answered.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

​Diotima was Socrates' wife.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

​A philosopher is a person in love with wisdom.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

​What meaning is not associated with the term "logos"?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​speech 
B)  ​reason 
C)  ​discourse 
D)  ​universe 
A)  ​speech 
B)  ​reason 
C)  ​discourse 
D)  ​universe

Aesara of Lucania overlooked the importance of emotions.

Who held that reality was completely full?

How many wisdoms were there, according to Heraclitus?

The term "sophos" is from the Greek word for "wise."

Pythagoras wrote extensively.

Socrates was the first Western philosopher.

Thales held that fire was the underlying substance of the universe.

Anaximander held that the earth was originally

Heraclitus was a social critic.

Plato records that Thales fell into a well.

Where was Thales from?

Anaximenes held that qualitative differences cannot produce quantitative changes.

Pneuma is fire.

Socrates was a sophos.

Nous is the Greek word for

What did Pythagoreans think was the first principle of all things?

The sophos asked questions other people thought had been answered.

Diotima was Socrates' wife.

A philosopher is a person in love with wisdom.

What meaning is not associated with the term "logos"?

The Asian Sages: Lao-Tzu, Confucius, and Buddha

The Sophist: Protagoras

The Wise Man: Socrates

The Philosopher-King: Plato

The Naturalist: Aristotle

The Stoic: Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius

The Scholar: Thomas Aquinas

The Rationalist: René Descartes

The Skeptic: David Hume

The Universalist: Immanuel Kant

The Utilitarian: John Stuart Mill

The Materialist: Karl Marx

The Existentialist: Søren Kierkegaard

The Pragmatist: William James

The Anti-Philosopher: Friedrich Nietzsche

The Twentieth Century: Ludwig Wittgenstein and Martin Heidegger

Philosophy As a Way of Life

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Exam 2: The Pre-Socratic: Sophos

​Aesara of Lucania overlooked the importance of emotions.

​Who held that reality was completely full?

​How many wisdoms were there, according to Heraclitus?

​The term "sophos" is from the Greek word for "wise."

​Pythagoras wrote extensively.

​Socrates was the first Western philosopher.

​Thales held that fire was the underlying substance of the universe.

​Anaximander held that the earth was originally

​Heraclitus was a social critic.

​Plato records that Thales fell into a well.

​Where was Thales from?

​Anaximenes held that qualitative differences cannot produce quantitative changes.

​Pneuma is fire.

​Socrates was a sophos.

​Nous is the Greek word for

​What did Pythagoreans think was the first principle of all things?

​The sophos asked questions other people thought had been answered.

​Diotima was Socrates' wife.

​A philosopher is a person in love with wisdom.

​What meaning is not associated with the term "logos"?

The Asian Sages: Lao-Tzu, Confucius, and Buddha

The Sophist: Protagoras

The Wise Man: Socrates

The Philosopher-King: Plato

The Naturalist: Aristotle

The Stoic: Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius

The Scholar: Thomas Aquinas

The Rationalist: René Descartes

The Skeptic: David Hume

The Universalist: Immanuel Kant

The Utilitarian: John Stuart Mill

The Materialist: Karl Marx

The Existentialist: Søren Kierkegaard

The Pragmatist: William James

The Anti-Philosopher: Friedrich Nietzsche

The Twentieth Century: Ludwig Wittgenstein and Martin Heidegger

Philosophy As a Way of Life

Introduction-Philosophy-And-The-Search-For-Wisdom

Filters

Aesara of Lucania overlooked the importance of emotions.

Who held that reality was completely full?

How many wisdoms were there, according to Heraclitus?

The term "sophos" is from the Greek word for "wise."

Pythagoras wrote extensively.

Socrates was the first Western philosopher.

Thales held that fire was the underlying substance of the universe.

Anaximander held that the earth was originally

Heraclitus was a social critic.

Plato records that Thales fell into a well.

Where was Thales from?

Anaximenes held that qualitative differences cannot produce quantitative changes.

Pneuma is fire.

Socrates was a sophos.

Nous is the Greek word for

What did Pythagoreans think was the first principle of all things?

The sophos asked questions other people thought had been answered.

Diotima was Socrates' wife.

A philosopher is a person in love with wisdom.

What meaning is not associated with the term "logos"?