Western Philosophy Set 3
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This set of Western Philosophy Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Western Philosophy Set 3
Q1 | Who said that everything is a mixture of earth, air, fire, and water
- anaximander
- plato
- socrates
- anaxagoras
Q2 | ------- philosopher is the main source of Anaxagoras
- socrates
- pythagoras
- plato
- herodotus
Q3 | -----gave a power and grandeur to Athenian Democracy
- pericles
- thales
- protagoras
- anaximander
Q4 | -- --is an important element introduced by Anaxagoras into hisphilosophy and it is the cause of motion.
- change
- god
- matter
- mind/ nous
Q5 | The atomists are the last pre-Socratics and they follow------
- physis
- religion
- theism
- idealism
Q6 | The word atom means ----
- cuttable
- thesis
- antithesis
- uncuttable
Q7 | ------is believed to be a disciple of Leucippus
- protagoras
- democritus
- anaximander
- plato
Q8 | ------ say that all things consist of a single kind of matter broken intotiny particles.
- plato
- aristotle
- atomists
- protagoras
Q9 | Who claimed that there are two fundamental types of elements: atomsand void.
- socrates
- atomists
- plato
- idealist
Q10 | Who held that the atoms were so small as to be invisible?
- democritus
- pythagoras
- aristotle
- plato
Q11 | Sophia which means -----
- wisdom
- speech
- action
- concept
Q12 | Protagoras a native of --------in northeast Greece
- clazomen
- samos
- stagira
- abdera
Q13 | Who was the first of the professional Sophists?
- socrates
- democritus
- protagoras
- plato
Q14 | Who said that instead of speaking well think well?
- thales
- aristotle
- plato
- socrates
Q15 | Truth and On the Gods are the woks of -------
- plato
- socrates
- protagoras
- anaximander
Q16 | ------ were more concerned with public speaking, rather than thinkingwell.
- materialists
- rationalists
- idealists
- sophists
Q17 | Man is the measure of all things, says -----
- leucippus
- protagoras
- socrates
- aristotle
Q18 | Maieutic means -----
- midwifery
- dialectical
- perceptual
- universal
Q19 | --- ?says that knowledge is an adjustment between the knower and theobject known
- plato
- aristotle
- protagoras
- st.anselm
Q20 | -----was known as a self- taught philosopher
- anaximander
- plato
- socrates
- st. augustine
Q21 | Who was known as the street genius philosopher?
- socrates
- plato
- aristotle
- pythagoras
Q22 | Who was the author of philosophic tendency and of a Philosophicmethod of irony?
- socrates
- aquinas
- plato
- protagoras
Q23 | Who said that the first step is to be wise is to admit that one is not wise.
- plato
- anselm
- socrates
- thales
Q24 | According to ------, knowledge is virtue and ignorance is vice
- thales
- plato
- pythagoras
- socrates
Q25 | Who said that as virtue is knowledge, so virtue can be thought?
- leucippus
- protagoras
- socrates
- aristotle