Deck 5: Philosophical Thinkers and Their Works

Question 1

Which of the following philosopher who taught Alexander, the Great

A)leucippus
B)plato
C)socrates
D)aristotle

Answer 1

aristotle

Question 2

Which thinker who went to Athens and joined Plato's Academy.

A)anaxagoras
B)plato
C)aristotle
D)socrates

Answer 2

aristotle

Question 3

The works of------ are divided into two types-exoteric and esoteric.

A)plato
B)aristotle
C)st.augustine
D)st.anselm

Answer 3

aristotle

Question 4

Who wrote the famous work the Metaphysics?

A)aristotle
B)plato
C)socrates
D)st. augustine

Question 5

Who defined substance is something that we can point out as 'this'

A)st. augustine
B)plato
C)aristotle
D)pythagoras

Question 6

Who made the statement that Universals are extremely real but are not separable from their particulars.

A)socrates
B)aquinas
C)plato
D)aristotle

Question 7

Who says that there are two state of being i.e., Potentiality and Actuality.

A)aristotle
B)anselm
C)aquinas
D)thale

Question 8

According to Aristotle, there are nine Categories and one----

A)universal
B)logic
C)substance
D)god

Question 9

An uncaused cause according to Aristotle is called ------

A)potentiality
B)the prime mover
C)actuality
D)atom

Question 10

The authoritative philosopher of the Roman Catholic Church is called -----

A)socrates
B)st.thomas aquinas
C)st. anselm
D)plato

Question 11

St. Thomas Aquinas was very much influenced the philosophy of -------

A)plato
B)st. anselm
C)socrates
D)aristotle

Question 12

St. Augustin based his philosophy and theology on the teachings of ------

A)thales
B)pythagoras
C)socrates
D)plato

Question 13

According to Augustine the lowest level of knowledge is called ------

A)sensation
B)reason
C)god
D)noumena

Question 14

St. Augustine says that knowledge of Divine is through ---

A)phenomena
B)perception
C)soul
D)sensation

Question 15

Who wrote the work the proslogium

A)plato
B)socrates
C)tales
D)st. anselm

Question 16

Who is famous for the so-called ontological argument for the existent of god?

A)st. anselm
B)socrates
C)plato
D)all are false

Question 17

Who is called the father of Scholasticism?

A)anaxagoras
B)st. anselm
C)aristotle
D)socrates

Question 18

According to------,we have two sources of knowledge: faith and reason.

A)plato
B)aristotle
C)st.anselm
D)socrates

Question 19

St. Augustine was very much influenced by the philosophy of--

A)aristotle
B)plato
C)socrates
D)anselm

Question 20

The Milesian philosophers were also known as…………..

A)rationalists
B)empiricists
C)atomists
D)the first materialists

Question 21

.………………is considered as the founder of the atomistic school.

A)thales
B)anaxiander
C)leucippus
D)aristotle

Question 22

Crito is a work of………………….

A)plato
B)aristotle
C)socrates
D)protagoras

Question 23

Plato wrote…………………

A)the city of god
B)phaedo
C)summa theologica
D)proslogium

Question 24

Aristotle gives ………..supreme categories of thought.

A)eight
B)ten
C)nine
D)seven

Question 25

According to………………. faith and reason are neither mutually exclusive nor contradictory but are mutually complementary

A)socrates
B)plato
C)aristotle
D)st.augustine,

Question 26

St. Anselm's ontological argument proceeds from the idea of God to God as…………… as existent.

A)an idea
B)the cause
C)a reality
D)a number