Ockham rejected Plato's proof of God's existence. Leibniz's Principle of Sufficient Reason states that nothing happens without a reason. Stoicism was the most successful and longest lasting school of philosophy in Greco-Roman antiquity. African tribal societies believed that spirits or ancestors inhabited natural entities. Machiavelli and Hobbes broke with Aristotle's equation of politics and ethics. Shiva is considered the Hindu god of destruction.
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Co philosophy17factual october
1. CoPhilosophy
Fall 2011
Section 17
Factual Questions
2. Group 4-17
Ockham rejected which well known
philosophers proof of God?
A) Confucious
B)Socrates
C) Aristotle
D) Plato
3. What is Leibenzs Principle of Sufficient
Reason?
A. Reason is insufficient
B. You can not have faith without reason
C. Nothing happens without a Reason
D. Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has
4. What was the single most successful and
longest lasting movement in Greco-Roman
philosophy?
5. Aristotle emphasized the analysis of the
physical world rather than the World of
Forms.
A. True
B. False
6. Q: African tribal societies embraced animism,
belief that entities throughout nature are
endowed with souls.
What is often thought to be these souls
A.) gods
B.)demons
C.) ancestors
7. Q: True or False? Machiavelli and Hobbes
broke with Aristotle's equation of politics and
ethics?
8. Which one of these is not one of the Four
Noble Truths of Buddhism?
A. Life is suffering
B. One can eliminate selfish craving by
following the right way
C. Selfish craving can be eliminated
D. suffering arises from selflessness
10. Philosophy is the ability to question
everything.
A.) True
B.) False
11. Who is the goddess of destruction?
A.)Brahma
B.)Shiva
C.)Vishnu
D.)Parvati
12. Confucians believe that in order to be wise
you must realize ones unity with___.
A.)society
B.)nature
C.)Ones Self
13. Q: Is Shiva The God Of Destruction?
A.True
B.False
C.None of the above
14. Q: What Was known as Platos Masterpiece?
A. Apology
B. First Testament
C. The Republic
15. Q: Zoroastrianism originated where?
A) Africa
B) Egypt
C) Persia
16. Q: Why was Socrates taken to trial?
A) Because he cheated on his wife.
B) Because he accused of corrupting the
youth.
C) Because he questioned a religious figure.
17. Who was considered the first Greek
philosopher?
A) Anaximander
B) Pothagoras
C) Thales
18. Q: Meso-America philosophy had three levels of
time and reality. Which one of these are NOT
one of the three levels?
A. Mythical
B. Ordinary
C. Transcendence
D. Divine
19. Group 3 - 17
Q. Who started the idea of skepticism
A. Plato
B. Socrates
C. Pyrrho
D. None of the Above
20. True or False
Mystics were often prosecuted by the church
on chargers of heresy.
21. True or False
Reason is a gift from God and this is perfectly
appropriate in religion.
22. Group 4 (17)
What century did the Renaissance spread
across Europe?
A.16th
B.15th
C.17th
D.24th
23. Group 3-17
True or False??
Scholasticism has nothing to do with your
faith?
24. Which Philosopher said I think there fore I
am?
A Descartes
B Montaigne
C Plato
D Spinoza
25. Group 4(17)
True or False
John Locke believed their should be freedom
of private property.
26. Question: Adam Smiths An inquiry into the
Causes of the Wealth of Nations was known
as the Bible of capitalism
A. True
B. false
28. What philosopher(s) most influenced Karl
Marxs ?
A)Hegel
B)Feuerbach
C) both
D)none
29. What was Arthur Schopenhauers idea on life?
A. Optimistic
B. Pessimistic
C. Indiference
30. Hegel published his first book in 1807 The
Phenomenology of Sprit. In this book Hegel
concluded that phenomenology is this sense
of all-encompassing Spirit. What does this
mean?
A the Spirit only included the soul
B We are all in this together
C All disagreements are resolved
31. What was Kierkegaard known for criticizing?
A. Jews
B. Christians
C. Christendom
32. Which of these is not one of the three
critiques of Kant?
A. Critique of practical reason
B. Critique of Absurdity
C. Critique of Judgment
D. Critique of pure reason
33. What is Hypatia know as?
A Woman of love
B Woman of philosophy
C Woman of astronomy
D Woman of time