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? Julius Caesar Cato Socrates Aristotle

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

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

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? Nietzsche Kant Hume Santayana

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? Aeschylus Seneca Cicero Sophocles

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

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

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

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