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Famous Philosophers Trivia Quiz

Test your knowledge of the most famous philosophers.

A multiple-choice quiz by shusem81. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
shusem81

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
131,780

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
3074

Last 3 plays: Guest 104 (7/10), Guest 114 (5/10), Guest 86 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Many believe that Socrates was the first Western philosopher, but he was not! Who was the first philosopher? Hint

Aristotle

Pythagoras

Anaximander

Thales

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which philosopher created the earliest known works studying Logic? Hint

Plato

Epicurus

St. Anselm

Aristotle

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Question 3 of 10

3. Plato's "Apology" is about a trial - whose? Hint

Crito

Socrates

Phaedo

Diogenes

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Question 4 of 10

4. St. Augustine was a Roman Catholic bishop of which city? Hint

Hippo Regius

Milan

Rome

Alexandria

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Question 5 of 10

5. St. Thomas Aquinas referred to whom as "the philosopher"? Hint

Plato

Aristotle

St. Anselm

St. Augustine

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who is the "Father of Modern Philosophy"? Hint

Baruch Spinoza

Galileo

Thomas Hobbes

Rene Descartes

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which philosophy had the most profound effect on the thinking of America's Founding Fathers? Hint

George Berkeley

Ayn Rand

John Locke

Thomas Hobbes

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which philosopher began the "Copernican Revolution" in philosophy? Hint

David Hume

Jeremy Bentham

John Locke

Immanuel Kant

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who wrote about the "death of God"? Hint

Gottlob Frege

Karl Marx

Friedrich Nietzsche

Bertrand Russell

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Question 10 of 10

10. He claimed to have solved all of the problems of Philosophy. Hint

Jean-Paul Sartre

Charles Sanders Peirce

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Martin Heidegger

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Many believe that Socrates was the first Western philosopher, but he was not! Who was the first philosopher?

Answer: Thales

Thales believed that the fundamental element was water. He lived in Miletus, Asia Minor.

2. Which philosopher created the earliest known works studying Logic?

Answer: Aristotle

Aristotle's Logic remained unchanged until Bertrand Russell (20th century) improved upon Aristotle's work.

3. Plato's "Apology" is about a trial - whose?

Answer: Socrates

Socrates was condemned to die by poisoning in 399 BC by his fellow Athenian citizens. The charge was corrupting the youth with his atheism.

4. St. Augustine was a Roman Catholic bishop of which city?

Answer: Hippo Regius

St. Augustine's conversion to Christianity is recorded in his "Confessions", standard reading in any good college education.

5. St. Thomas Aquinas referred to whom as "the philosopher"?

Answer: Aristotle

St. Thomas Aquinas' "Summa Theologiae" is highly logical due to Aristotle's influence.

6. Who is the "Father of Modern Philosophy"?

Answer: Rene Descartes

Descartes revolutionized philosophy by focusing on that which is personally verifiable.

7. Which philosophy had the most profound effect on the thinking of America's Founding Fathers?

Answer: John Locke

John Locke wrote that the state exists to protect every man's fundamental rights: life, liberty, and the possession of property.

8. Which philosopher began the "Copernican Revolution" in philosophy?

Answer: Immanuel Kant

Kant reversed the traditional view that our knowledge conforms to the realm of objects and wrote that the world conforms to the human mind. He believed that time and space were aspects of the human mind and we understand the world in that context.

9. Who wrote about the "death of God"?

Answer: Friedrich Nietzsche

Nietzsche wrote that traditional morality should be replaced. No longer should we speak about good and evil, but about weak and strong. All that matters is the "Will to Power".

10. He claimed to have solved all of the problems of Philosophy.

Answer: Ludwig Wittgenstein

Wittgenstein believed that Philosophy's problems arose by the introduction of terms beyond human experience: "soul", "God", "substance", etc. He said that we should be silent regarding such things.

Source: Author shusem81

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