Survey of Philosophy

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. 'The unexamined life is not worth living'. Who is credited with saying this? Socrates Aristotle Cato Julius Caesar

2. 'The Fountainhead' and 'Atlas Shrugged' are examples of what philosophy? Nihilism Epicureanism Paganism Objectivism

3. The philosophy that praises something which provides 'the greatest good for the greatest number of people' is known by what name? Stoicism Transcendentalism Utilitarianism Dialectical Materialism

4. The concept of 'divide and rule' was popularized by ...? Machiavelli Alexander Napoleon Cesare Borgia

5. The 'categorical imperative' is most closely associated with which philosopher? Santayana Nietzsche Kant Hume

6. The only 'true law' requires an individual to use 'right reason' so that he is in harmony with nature. To whom does this relate? Cicero Sophocles Seneca Aeschylus

7. The branch of philosophy which deals with questions and issues of knowledge is known by what name? Eschatology Epistemology Aesthetics Metaphysics

8. Speaking of knowledge, who said: 'I think, therefore I exist'? Hegel Spinoza Hobbes Descartes

9. The idea that 'Hell is other people' is an existentialist thought that was dramatized in a play by what philosopher? Kierkegaard Camus Sartre Heidegger

10. The phrase 'deus ex machina' refers to: The consequences of original sin Unrelenting and inexorable fate Divine rescue in the nick of time Man's unending burdens in life