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1. Called the 'Father of Modern Philosophy', he wanted to approach philosophy differently than others of his time. While they were at the same level as Plato and Aristotle, he said, "I think therefore I am." Immanuel Kant John Locke Jean-Paul Sartre Rene Descartes

2. Some of the earliest philosophers, even before Socrates, such as Democritus, were materialists. Which modern philosopher was also a materialist? Thomas Hobbes George Berkeley Rene Descartes Gottfried Leibniz

3. What Aristotle called the common sensibles and the proper sensibles, modern philosophers called the primary sensibles and the secondary sensibles, respectively. True False

4. In Plato's "Republic" a character named Thrasymachus believes that what is just depends on what the law says. What 19th century philosopher shares a similar relativist view in his book "Beyond Good and Evil"? Michel Ancel Søren Kierkegaard Jean-Paul Sartre Friedrich Nietzsche

5. What 20th century philosopher, also similar in his beliefs to Thrasymachus, said that the existentialist is embarrassed because God doesn't exist, and was also full of angst? Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Jacques Rousseau Blaise Pascal Voltaire

6. What Rational Empiricist of the 18th century was a kind of Epicurean, a philosophy created by Epicurus(341-270 B.C.), and addressed the Is/Ought issue regarding Ethics? Immanuel Kant David Hume Rene Descartes John Stuart Mill

7. Who came up with Utilitarianism and Hedonistic Calculus, also developments of Epicureanism? Jeremy Bentham David Hume John Stuart Mill Henrik Ibsen

8. Who further developed Utilitarianism, tried to make it more social, and included Socrates into the mix? John Stuart Mill Harriet Taylor Immanuel Kant Thomas Aquinas

9. What 18th century philosopher had similar beliefs to those of Stoicism, emphasizing Reason, Good Will, Synthetic a priori and Categorical Imperatives? Marcus Aurelius Immanuel Kant John Locke Jean-Jacque Rousseau

10. Philosophy, literally the 'love of wisdom' has been around and has interested people for a long time and will probably continue to do so! True False