Western Philosophy Set 2
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This set of Western Philosophy Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Western Philosophy Set 2
Q1 | Aristotle mentioned theory of truth in his work------
- analytic
- ethics
- epistemology
- metaphysics
Q2 | For Plato, ---- are eternal ideas beyond the physical world.
- forms
- dialectics
- phenomenon
- episteme
Q3 | Who wrote Symposium?
- thales
- aristotle
- plato
- anaxagoras
Q4 | Aristotle was a student of ---
- plato
- socrates
- protagoras
- anaximander
Q5 | Who founded a school in Athens called Lyceum.
- aristotle
- plato
- socrates
- sophists
Q6 | ?There is no form without matter and no matter without form.?
- leucippus
- plato
- socrates
- aristotle
Q7 | Matter is the substance out of which everything in the world is made isthe statement of -----
- anaxagoras
- plato
- aristotle
- socrates
Q8 | Who discovered four causes that govern change in everything?
- plato
- aristotle
- st.augustine
- st.anselm
Q9 | Who believed that God created the world out of nothing and before Godcreated the world nothing existed?
- anaximander
- plato
- socrates
- st. augustine
Q10 | The City of God is the work of ----
- st. augustine
- plato
- aristotle
- pythagoras
Q11 | ------- predicted an eclipse of the sun
- thales
- pythagoras
- socrates
- plato
Q12 | Who was the first Milesian materialist philosopher?
- heraclitus
- anaximander
- pythagoras
- thales
Q13 | The major source of Thales?s philosophy is by
- plato
- pythagoras
- socrates
- aristotle
Q14 | Who said that living things are always moist?
- plato
- socrates
- tales
- anaximander
Q15 | Anaximander belongs to --------
- stagira
- miletus
- samos
- all are false
Q16 | Anaximander, a philosopher came after ------
- anaximenes
- plato
- socrates
- thales
Q17 | apeiron in Anaximander means -----
- formal logic
- infinite
- eidos
- hyle
Q18 | Anaximander's cosmogony gives rise to a
- heliocentric
- teleological
- geocentric
- god
Q19 | Who said that in the beginning man was similar to a different animal,namely, a fish.
- anaximander
- leucippus
- pythagoras
- thales
Q20 | The thinkers of Milesian school were the thinkers of ------
- metaphysics
- nature
- religion
- idealism
Q21 | Pythagoras was born on-------
- samos
- iona
- athens
- all are false
Q22 | Who believed in the immortality, transmigration, and reincarnation ofsouls?
- ionians
- atomists
- pythagoras
- eleatic
Q23 | Who included various dietary restrictions against meat and beans.
- thales
- pythagoras
- anaximander
- socrates
Q24 | Central to Pythagoreanism is the idea that --------- accounts takeprecedence over material things.
- numbers
- zeros
- music
- god
Q25 | ------is a Philosopher who made a distinction between mind and matter
- anaxagoras
- thales
- socrates
- democritus