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Which philosopher was sentenced to death by drinking hemlock in Athens? | 100%/2 |
Which philosopher wrote "The Republic" and founded the Academy in Athens? | 100%/2 |
Which philosopher tutored Alexander the Great and founded the Lyceum? | 100%/2 |
Which philosopher and mathematician is remembered for a theorem about right-angled triangles? | 50%/2 |
Which philosopher is famous for a questioning method that bears his name, seeking truth through dialogue? | 100%/2 |
Which philosopher founded the school of Stoicism? | 100%/2 |
Which philosopher taught that a tranquil, modest pleasure is the highest good? | 100%/2 |
Which philosopher held that all things are in constant flux, declaring you cannot step in the same river twice? | 100%/2 |
Which philosopher, a famous Cynic, reputedly lived in a large jar and scorned convention? | 100%/2 |
Which philosopher proposed that all matter is composed of indivisible particles called atoms? | 100%/2 |
Which thinker, often called the first philosopher, reportedly predicted a solar eclipse? | 100%/2 |
Which philosopher's "Allegory of the Cave" explores illusion and true knowledge? | 100%/2 |
Which philosopher wrote the "Nicomachean Ethics," a foundational work of moral philosophy? | 100%/2 |
Which philosopher argued that reality is single and unchanging, and that motion is an illusion? | 100%/2 |
Which philosopher devised paradoxes such as "Achilles and the tortoise"? | 100%/2 |
Which philosopher held that the source of all things was an indefinite "boundless" he called the apeiron? | 100%/2 |
Which woman philosopher and mathematician of Alexandria was murdered by a mob around 415 AD? | 100%/2 |
Which philosopher founded Skepticism, holding that certain knowledge is unattainable? | 100%/2 |
Which Sophist declared that "man is the measure of all things"? | 100%/2 |
Which philosopher taught that everything ultimately derives from water? | 100%/2 |
Which philosopher proposed four root elements: earth, water, air, and fire? | 100%/2 |
Which philosopher believed fire to be the fundamental substance underlying all things? | 100%/2 |
Which philosopher held that numbers and their ratios were the essence of all reality? | 100%/2 |
Which philosopher taught that air was the primary element of the cosmos? | 50%/2 |
Which Neoplatonist philosopher of late antiquity developed the concept of "the One" as the source of all existence? | 100%/2 |
Which philosopher held that a cosmic Mind, or Nous, set the universe in order? | 100%/2 |
Which Stoic philosopher and former slave taught that we control only our own judgments, not external events? | 100%/2 |
What is the central concept in Plato's metaphysics, representing perfect and eternal ideals of which physical objects are mere copies? | 100%/2 |
What system of formal reasoning based on syllogisms was developed and codified by Aristotle? | 100%/2 |
Which Socratic phrase holds that a person must reflect upon their purpose to lead a meaningful existence? | 100%/2 |
What was the name of Epicurus's school in Athens, which was established in a property he owned? | 50%/2 |
Which school of philosophy, associated with Diogenes, advocated for a simple life in accordance with nature? | 100%/2 |
What is the Stoic ideal of being free from passion and indifferent to external events one cannot control? | 50%/2 |
In his "Poetics," what term did Aristotle use for the cleansing or purification of emotions experienced by an audience? | 100%/2 |
Who was Plato's most famous student, who spent twenty years at the Academy before founding his own school? | 100%/2 |
Who was Socrates's most famous student, whose dialogues are the main source of information about Socrates's life and philosophy? | 100%/2 |
Besides mathematics, what doctrine of the soul's rebirth into new bodies did Pythagoras and his followers believe in? | 100%/2 |
Often called the "Father of Medicine," which Greek thinker established medicine as a distinct discipline separate from philosophy and religion? | 100%/2 |
In his work "Politics," Aristotle famously described the human being by nature as what kind of being? | 50%/2 |
In "The Republic," what type of ruler did Plato argue was best suited to govern a just state? | 100%/2 |
Aristotle categorized knowledge into theoretical, practical, and which other type? | 100%/2 |
Which of Plato's dialogues features a drinking party where guests, including Socrates and Aristophanes, deliver speeches on the nature of love (Eros)? | 100%/2 |
Which later Skeptic philosopher systematized Pyrrho's teachings into arguments known as the "Ten Modes" designed to induce suspension of judgment? | 100%/2 |
Which Roman emperor and philosopher wrote the "Meditations," a personal journal of his reflections on Stoic philosophy? | 100%/2 |
Which hedonistic school, founded by a student of Socrates, held that immediate, momentary bodily pleasure was the highest good? | 100%/2 |
Who was the founder of the Cyrenaic school of hedonism? | 50%/2 |
Who succeeded Aristotle as the head of the Lyceum and made major contributions to the study of botany? | 100%/2 |
Parmenides's philosophy was centered on a strict distinction between the "Way of Truth" and what other path of inquiry? | 50%/2 |
For what crime was the philosopher Anaxagoras prosecuted by the Athenians, leading to his exile from the city? | 50%/2 |
Which famous Sophist, known for his mastery of rhetoric, is the namesake of a Platonic dialogue where he debates Socrates about the nature of oratory? | 100%/2 |
In his theory of the tripartite soul, Plato identified three parts: reason, the spirited element, and what else? | 50%/2 |
Which head of Plato's Academy, a prominent Academic Skeptic, famously argued both for and against the concept of justice in Rome? | 100%/2 |
Who is generally credited as the founder of the Cynic school of philosophy and was a student of Socrates? | 100%/2 |
In Empedocles's cosmology, what two opposing cosmic forces caused the four elements to mix and separate? | 50%/2 |
Who was the student of Plotinus responsible for editing and publishing his teacher's writings into the six books of the "Enneads"? | 100%/2 |
Which Socratic school, known for its focus on logic and paradoxes like the liar paradox, was founded by a companion of Socrates? | 50%/2 |
Who founded the Megarian school of philosophy, distinct from the famous geometer of the same name? | 100%/2 |
Who was Plato's first philosophy teacher, a follower of Heraclitus who supposedly concluded that communication was impossible and would only point? | 100%/2 |
Who was Plato's nephew, who succeeded him as the second head (scholarch) of the Academy? | 100%/2 |
Which highly influential and prolific writer is considered the "second founder of Stoicism" for having systematized its doctrines? | 100%/2 |
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