Classical Western Philosophy Set 5

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This set of Classical Western Philosophy Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Classical Western Philosophy Set 5

Q1 | Which of the following philosopher who taught Alexander, the Great
  • leucippus
  • plato
  • socrates
  • aristotle
Answer: aristotle
Q2 | Which thinker who went to Athens and joined Plato’s Academy.
  • anaxagoras
  • plato
  • aristotle
  • socrates
Answer: aristotle
Q3 | The works of------ are divided into two types-exoteric and esoteric.
  • plato
  • aristotle
  • st.augustine
  • st.anselm
Answer: aristotle
Q4 | Who wrote the famous work the Metaphysics?
  • aristotle
  • plato
  • socrates
  • st. augustine
Answer: aristotle
Q5 | Who defined substance is something that we can point out as ‘this’
  • st. augustine
  • plato
  • aristotle
  • pythagoras
Answer: aristotle
Q6 | Who made the statement that Universals are extremely real but are notseparable from their particulars.
  • socrates
  • aquinas
  • plato
  • aristotle
Answer: aristotle
Q7 | Who says that there are two state of being i.e., Potentiality and Actuality.
  • aristotle
  • anselm
  • aquinas
  • thale
Answer: aristotle
Q8 | According to Aristotle, there are nine Categories and one----
  • universal
  • logic
  • substance
  • god
Answer: substance
Q9 | An uncaused cause according to Aristotle is called ------
  • potentiality
  • the prime mover
  • actuality
  • atom
Answer: the prime mover
Q10 | The authoritative philosopher of the Roman Catholic Church is called -----
  • socrates
  • st.thomas aquinas
  • st. anselm
  • plato
Answer: st.thomas aquinas
Q11 | St. Thomas Aquinas was very much influenced the philosophy of -------
  • plato
  • st. anselm
  • socrates
  • aristotle
Answer: aristotle
Q12 | St. Augustin based his philosophy and theology on the teachings of ------
  • thales
  • pythagoras
  • socrates
  • plato
Answer: plato
Q13 | According to Augustine the lowest level of knowledge is called ------
  • sensation
  • reason
  • god
  • noumena
Answer: sensation
Q14 | St. Augustine says that knowledge of Divine is through ---
  • phenomena
  • perception
  • soul
  • sensation
Answer: soul
Q15 | Who wrote the work the proslogium
  • plato
  • socrates
  • tales
  • st. anselm
Answer: st. anselm
Q16 | Who is famous for the so-called ontological argument for the existent ofgod?
  • st. anselm
  • socrates
  • plato
  • all are false
Answer: st. anselm
Q17 | Who is called the father of Scholasticism?
  • anaxagoras
  • st. anselm
  • aristotle
  • socrates
Answer: st. anselm
Q18 | According to------,we have two sources of knowledge: faith and reason.
  • plato
  • aristotle
  • st.anselm
  • socrates
Answer: st.anselm
Q19 | St. Augustine was very much influenced by the philosophy of--
  • aristotle
  • plato
  • socrates
  • anselm
Answer: plato
Q20 | The Milesian philosophers were also known as…………..
  • rationalists
  • empiricists
  • atomists
  • the first materialists
Answer: the first materialists
Q21 | .………………is considered as the founder of the atomistic school.
  • thales
  • anaxiander
  • leucippus
  • aristotle
Answer: leucippus
Q22 | Crito is a work of………………….
  • plato
  • aristotle
  • socrates
  • protagoras
Answer: plato
Q23 | Plato wrote…………………
  • the city of god
  • phaedo
  • summa theologica
  • proslogium
Answer: phaedo
Q24 | Aristotle gives ………..supreme categories of thought.
  • eight
  • ten
  • nine
  • seven
Answer: ten
Q25 | According to………………. faith and reason are neither mutuallyexclusive nor contradictory but are mutually complementary
  • socrates
  • plato
  • aristotle
  • st.augustine,
Answer: st.augustine,
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