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Non Novum Sub Sole!

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Introduction:
"There is nothing new under the sun! Many Modern Philosophies are based on ancient ideas. But do you know which ones?"


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."
    Rene Descartes
    Jean-Paul Sartre
    Immanuel Kant
    John Locke


2. Some of the earliest philosophers, even before Socrates, such as Democritus, were materialists. Which modern philosopher was also a materialist?
    Rene Descartes
    Thomas Hobbes
    George Berkeley
    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"?
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    Jean-Paul Sartre
    Michel Ancel
    Søren Kierkegaard


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?
    John Stuart Mill
    Jeremy Bentham
    David Hume
    Henrik Ibsen


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


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


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