Classic Quiz Classic Quiz Quiz Reason and reality- Philosophy by Marcsinanwinrow Marcsinanwinrow 134 played - 3 mths ago Daily quiz to help you remember your philosophy lessons more easily. QUIZ 22 QUESTIONS medium medium Question 1 / 22 Definition : What is the meaning of the adjective rational ? PracticalTheoretical medium Question 2 / 22 Etymology of the word philosophy: Philia = Love, Sophia = WisdomPhilio = Wisdom, Sophie = Love medium Question 3 / 22 What is the meaning of the word inne? Something abstractSomething you've had since birth medium Question 4 / 22 What was the name of the founder of skepticism? PyrrhonSextus Empiricus medium Question 5 / 22 What is the dogmatic trend? The current that asserts that truth does not existThe current that asserts that truth does exist medium Question 6 / 22 What does the adjective specifique mean? That which is peculiar to a speciesThat which is special medium Question 7 / 22 Who said: Man is a reasonable animal? AristotleSocrates medium Question 8 / 22 What is Descartes' work? Meditations metaphysiquesLe Banquet medium Question 9 / 22 What argument does Aristotle give in his Metaphysics to support the view that philosophy has no end other than itself? Philosophy has no precise goalPhilosophy is a free science medium Question 10 / 22 What is Plato's work? La RepubliqueDiscours de la methode medium Question 11 / 22 Why doesn't Aristotle devalue myths? Myths are the proof that men have been capable of wonderFor Aristotle, myths are useless medium Question 12 / 22 Apart from septicism, name 3 philosophical schools of antiquity. Dogmatism-Epicurism-AcademyAcademy-Epicurism-Stoicism medium Question 13 / 22 Name 3 sophists. Socrates-Platon-AristotleGorgias-Hippias-Critias medium Question 14 / 22 What is the name of the Socratic method? MaieuticsObstetrics medium Question 15 / 22 So why does the Socratic method bear this name? It is the science that treats pregnancyIt designates the art of delivering minds medium Question 16 / 22 What's the difference between convincing and persuading? Convincing appeals to reason. Persuading appeals to someone's feelingsConvincing appeals to someone's feelings. Persuading appeals to reason medium Question 17 / 22 Socrates was put on trial. What were the two charges? Youth corruption-MurderImpiete-Youth corruption medium Question 18 / 22 Who were the first thinkers according to Aristotle? The first menThe first philosophers medium Question 19 / 22 What is speculation? A kind of hypothetical reflection whose outcome is uncertainA hypothesis whose outcome is always true medium Question 20 / 22 Who wrote the Cosmogony? SocratesHesiod medium Question 21 / 22 What is Socrates' Daimon? A genius, a personal divinity that inspires judgmentA demon that incites the individual to lie medium Question 22 / 22 With Descartes, doubt is more reliable. TrueFalse A mistake in this Quiz ? Contact the author Around the philosophers (1): Plato Julien 106 played - 7 mths ago They said: Julien 68 played - 12 mths ago Lao Tzu said: Julien 77 played - 12 mths ago John Perry and procrastination Julien 76 played - 1 yr ago Astro Quiz Julien 131 played - 1 yr ago
