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Modern Philosophers

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"These are questions about famous philosophers of the 19th century and 20th centuries."


1. Who is known as the "Father of Existentialism"?
    Georg Wilhelm Hegel
    Sigmund Freud
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    Soren Kierkegaard


2. Hegel hypothesized what he called a "dialectic process" for the analysis of why/how things in history happen. What are the steps of this method?
    protagonist, antagonist, mediator
    thesis, antithesis, synthesis
    action, reaction, resolution
    cause, effect, war


3. Nietzsche believed there existed a powerful individual who lived for self-gratification and nothing else. Who did he say this being was?
    the extraordinary man
    the superman
    the existentialist man
    a god


4. Which philosopher said "Fear is the mother of morality"?
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    Karl Marx
    Sigmund Freud
    Fredrich Engels


5. Who were the common men according to Karl Marx?
    the proletarians
    the men who suffer
    the bourgeoisie
    the men who follow him


6. What Charles Darwin work suggests evolution by natural selection?
    "The Origin of Species"
    "Dawkins vs. Gould : Survival of the Fittest"
    "The Wealth of Nations"
    "The Structure of Evolutionary Theory"


7. Freud believed that all humans possess three distinct decision making chambers of human behavior. Which of the following is not one of these chambers?
    the fool
    the ego
    the id
    the superego


8. According to existentialists, what is the key to the suffering of man?
    man
    government
    lack of natural resources
    emotions


9. According to Kierkegaard man was blessed with the greatest gift, but unfortunately this gift generates emotions. What is this gift?
    Answer: (Two Words)


10. Which of the following authors do not display themes from Existential Philosophers in their writing?
    Kurt Vonnegut
    Albert Camus
    L. Frank Baum
    Fydor Dostoevsky


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