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Philosophy, Proverbs and More! Quiz

Do you know who made the following philosophically waxing statements or from which country the given proberb originated? All multiple-choice!

A multiple-choice quiz by Engadine. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Engadine

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
111,992

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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684

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which philosopher of ancient times said, "The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things"? Hint

Pericles

Epicurus

Plato

Socrates

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which ancient philosopher said, "Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not"? Hint

Sophicles

Epicurus

Pilates

Plato

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Question 3 of 10

3. The proverb, "The believer is happy, the doubter is wise", is attributed to the peoples of which European country? Hint

Italy

Hungary

Germany

Holland

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which European philosopher is credited with saying, "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong"? Hint

Voltaire

Abelard

Rousseau

Descartes

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which psychiatrist was quoted as saying, "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves"? Hint

Sigmund Freud

Friedrich Nietzsche

Abraham Brill

Carl Jung

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which ancient philosopher is quoted as having said, "When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves"? Hint

Confucius

Lao Tzu

Cicero

Augustine of Hippo

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which southern European peoples are credited with the proverb, "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in"? Hint

Italians

Spanish

French

Greeks

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which famous ancient philosopher was quoted as saying, "The good of the people is the highest law"? Hint

Cicero

Augustus

Plutarch

Plotinus

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which Asian peoples are credited with the proverb, "The man who does not learn is dark, like one walking in the night"? Hint

Vietnamese

Pakistanis

Indians

Chinese

10. Which ancient philosopher was quoted as having said, "To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he may have the less"? Hint

Plato

Lycon

Aristotle

Socrates

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which philosopher of ancient times said, "The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things"?

Answer: Plato

The Greek philosopher Plato lived from 427 to 347 BC. He was born in Athens and studied under Socrates. Most of what is known about Socrates comes from Plato's writing.

2. Which ancient philosopher said, "Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not"?

Answer: Epicurus

The Greek philosopher, Epicurus, lived most of his life in Athens, but was born on Samos in 341 BC. He died in 270 BC.

3. The proverb, "The believer is happy, the doubter is wise", is attributed to the peoples of which European country?

Answer: Hungary

There are quite a lot of Hungarian or Magyar proverbs and sayings. Some are quite quirky too!

4. Which European philosopher is credited with saying, "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong"?

Answer: Voltaire

The French philosopher Voltaire, whose real name was Francois Marie Arouet, was born in Paris in 1694 and died in 1778.

5. Which psychiatrist was quoted as saying, "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves"?

Answer: Carl Jung

The Swiss psychiatrist, Carl Gustav Jung, who 'followed' in Freud's footsteps, was born in 1875 and died in 1961.

6. Which ancient philosopher is quoted as having said, "When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves"?

Answer: Confucius

Qufu in Shandong Province, China is the birthplace of one of the worlds 'sagest' men, Confucius, who lived between 551 BC and 479 BC.

7. Which southern European peoples are credited with the proverb, "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in"?

Answer: Greeks

Not unlike the Hungarians, the Greeks too have some wonderful proverbs and sayings - far too many perhaps!

8. Which famous ancient philosopher was quoted as saying, "The good of the people is the highest law"?

Answer: Cicero

Born in Arpinum in 106 BC, Cicero studied law, oratory, literature, and philosophy in Rome. In 74 BC he entered the Senate and politics, intertwined with philosophy, became his life. He was murdered in 43 BC.

9. Which Asian peoples are credited with the proverb, "The man who does not learn is dark, like one walking in the night"?

Answer: Chinese

Answer: Socrates

Socrates was born in Athens in 470 BC. He left no writings of his own so history knows of his work through Plato and the historian Xenophon. Socrates died in 399 BC after thirty days imprisonment.

Source: Author Engadine

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