Famous Philosophers

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1.

Which of these famous existentialists declined the Nobel Peace Prize for literature in 1964?

Martin Heidegger
Jean-Paul Sartre
Karl Jaspers
Claudio Abbado
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2.

Who expressed the famous statement "I think, therefore I am"?

Immanuel Kant
Aristotle
René Descartes
John Locke
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3.

Who co-authored the Communist Manifesto with Marx?

Friedrich Engels
Karl Kautsky
Vladimir Lenin
Otto Bauer
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4.

Which of the following women influenced the development of feminism with her book "The Second Sex"?

Gloria Steinem
Roshika Schwimmer
Catherine East
Simone de Beauvoir
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5.

Who invented the study of formal logic and pioneered the study of zoology?

Socrates
Aristotle
Saint Augustine
Confucius
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6.

Who observed that "God is dead"?

Friedrich Nietzsche
Martin Heidegger
Søren Kierkegaard
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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7.

The term "positivism" designates the thought of which of these philosophers?

John Stuart Mill
John Locke
David Hume
Auguste Comte
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8.

Epicureanism, the philosophy taught by Epicurus (341 - 270 BC), means devotion to:

Piety and devotion
Simplicity and gratitude
Pleasure and high living
Passion and intellectualism
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9.

Who was Aristotle's teacher?

Plato
Socrates
Epicurus
Xenophanes
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10.

Which philosopher proposed, in his book "Emile ou l'education", a method of education that encouraged the natural interests and tendencies of children as opposed to suppressing them?

Jean-Paul Sartres
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
René Descartes
Voltaire
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Intentionally put yourself in situations that challenge your assumptions.
"Everyone wants to save the world, but no one wants to help mom do the dishes."
P. J. O'Rourke
Don't be afraid to lean on others sometimes. It takes guts to admit when you need help.
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