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Quiz about Global Philosophy
Quiz about Global Philosophy

Global Philosophy Trivia Quiz


I shall describe the philosophical beliefs of early Greek, Asian, and Roman philosophers...and you dig out the correct figure.

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
58,232
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
4 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. Who was the first Greek philosopher responsible for eradicating the notion of 'mythic causes' for natural phenomena, and established the guiding principles for scientific investigation? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. This Greek thinker established that the origin of the Universe was from a boundless, indefinite 'arche'...perhaps tantamount with the eternal yet evolving God. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which thinker first formulated the usage of the Trinity, in the religious sense? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. He was the most influential Renaissance philosopher, translating for the first time the Dialogues of Plato and Plotinus into Latin. He also wrote a seminal commentary on Plato....'Theology of Plato'- who was he? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. He was the last of the Cappodicians and perhaps the first Christian philosopher. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Which of the following Chinese thinkers was a direct descendant intellectually of the great central Asian Buddhist teacher Kumarajiva? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What famous German mystic wrote these words: 'When God looks at the soul he laughs, when the soul looks at God, the soul laughs back at God'? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Who was the Jewish philosopher and doctor of the Middle Ages, who wrote the 'Guide of the Perplexed' in order to help Jewish believers reach a deeper insight into esoteric truths? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. An interesting savant from the Ammonius school, who was first to refute quite successfully the Aristotelian theory of the eternity of the universe? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Coeval philosopher during the time of St. Augustine, who developed a dogma concerning the denial of the 'Original Sin', and determined that humans could perfect themselves or corrupt themselves according to individual lifestyles?

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1. Who was the first Greek philosopher responsible for eradicating the notion of 'mythic causes' for natural phenomena, and established the guiding principles for scientific investigation?

Answer: Aristotle

2. This Greek thinker established that the origin of the Universe was from a boundless, indefinite 'arche'...perhaps tantamount with the eternal yet evolving God.

Answer: Anaximander

3. Which thinker first formulated the usage of the Trinity, in the religious sense?

Answer: Tertullian

Tertullian formulated God as tres personae, una substantia. Pope Damascus approved this usage and thus incorporated it into the scriptures.
4. He was the most influential Renaissance philosopher, translating for the first time the Dialogues of Plato and Plotinus into Latin. He also wrote a seminal commentary on Plato....'Theology of Plato'- who was he?

Answer: Ficino

5. He was the last of the Cappodicians and perhaps the first Christian philosopher.

Answer: St. Gregory of Nyssa

Epektasis, the continual perfection of the soul was the key to bridging some of the Platonic ideas with Christin theology. Epektasis conceptualizes the need for the soul to continually evolve into a higher level...an idea which is similarly found in Buddhism.
6. Which of the following Chinese thinkers was a direct descendant intellectually of the great central Asian Buddhist teacher Kumarajiva?

Answer: Seng-chao

Kumarajiva (344-413 AD)..emphasized sunyata (nothingness) and believed in the teachings of the Lotus Sutras. Nicheren and Jetsun Milarepa are also important figures in Asia with the same philosophy.
7. What famous German mystic wrote these words: 'When God looks at the soul he laughs, when the soul looks at God, the soul laughs back at God'?

Answer: Eckhart

8. Who was the Jewish philosopher and doctor of the Middle Ages, who wrote the 'Guide of the Perplexed' in order to help Jewish believers reach a deeper insight into esoteric truths?

Answer: Maimonides

9. An interesting savant from the Ammonius school, who was first to refute quite successfully the Aristotelian theory of the eternity of the universe?

Answer: Philopon

10. Coeval philosopher during the time of St. Augustine, who developed a dogma concerning the denial of the 'Original Sin', and determined that humans could perfect themselves or corrupt themselves according to individual lifestyles?

Answer: Pelagius

He originated the idea of the Inner light within us,...ideas now used similarly by the Quakers.
Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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