SOPHISTication

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1. Rene Descartes was very concerned with the ontological aspects of philosophy. He believed that one had to first start with the proof of one's own existence before one could proceed to answer any other question about the nature of one's own being. To this end, perhaps his most famous quote was conceived: "Cogito ergo sum." What is the English translation of this Latin phrase? Let us first believe. I myself am here. My soul yet lives. I think, therefore I am.

2. Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" tries to impart to the reader the extreme hardship that the philosopher faces in dealing with ignorance, even when that ignorance is his own. Which of Plato's essays contains the "Allegory of the Cave"? The Phaedo The Crito The Agrippa The Republic

3. Which philosopher is credited with saying, "The unexamined life is not worth living"? Aristotle Socrates Plato Euripedes

4. What was the common name given to educational institutions in the ancient Greek city-states during the time of Plato and Aristotle? gymnasium schooliae college educare

5. The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is attributed with one of the greatest short works of political philosophy. In this work, he says that when a government engages in immoral action to create immoral laws then it is the duty of moral citizens to rebel, peacefully, against those laws. What is the title of that work? On Civil Disobediance For Morality's Sake When Good Men Do Nothing Letter from a Birmingham Jail

6. The word philosophy literally means, "love of wisdom". True False

7. In "The Republic," who did Plato say must rule the city? tribunes magistrates regents philosophers

8. What great philosopher was the student of Plato? Mephistopheles Xenosthenes Aristotle Aristophenes

9. What philosopher said that, "God does not play dice with the universe"? John Locke Albert Einstein Gilbert Gravis John Stuart Mill

10. What very famous philosopher is famous despite the fact that he has no extant writings whatsoever? Eurismes Socrates Locutius Phaedo