Ancient Greek Philosophy Test 2

Name the thinker who said: "Everything flows...".

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  a) Thales of Miletus

• b) Democritus

• c) Heraclitus

• d) Zeno

• e) Plato

Which philosophical doctrine was most fully developed by Parmenides?

• a) The doctrine of being

• b) The doctrine of the primary basis of the universe

• c) the doctrine of form

• d) the doctrine of matter

Relate the names of the ancient Greek natural philosophers to the versions of the origin of the universe they put forward:

• fire

• Anaximenes

•  water

• Anaximander

• air

•  Heraclitus

• the number

• Pythagoras

• apeiron

• Thales of Miletus

Name the philosophers of Ancient Greece:

 

​ ​ ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ ​ ​ (c)  

• Plato
• Zeno
• Parmenides
• Hegel
• Seneca
• Lao Tzu
• Confucius
• Buddha
• Berlin
• Marcus Aurelius

Who were the ancient Greek philosophers called "teachers of wisdom"?

• a) the sophists

• b) sceptics

• b) Plato's followers

• d) all the ancient Greek philosophers

 

Highlight the name of the ancient Greek philosopher from whom the interest in man first became clear in the Western tradition

• a) Plato

• b) Socrates

• c) Zeno

• d) Aristotle

Name the author of the thesis: "Man is the measure of all things".

 

• a) Aristotle

• b) Pythagoras

• c) Plato

• d) Protagoras

Name the ancient Greek philosopher who gave the following definition of man: "Man is a social animal".

• a) Socrates

• b) Plato

• c) Democritus

• d) Aristotle

Which ancient thinker is credited with the following statement "I know that I know nothing"?

• a) Thales of Miletus

• b) Heraclitus

• c) Socrates

• d) Aristotle

Underline the judgement that correctly expresses Aristotle's teachings

• a) The soul is a form of the body

• b) God is the ultimate form of all forms

• c) Matter is reality

• d) Man is the measure of all things