Lesson 1: Philosophy

Question 1

________ marked the birth of philosophy

Answer 1

600 BCE

Question 2

Philos = \_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Sophia = \_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Philosophy = \_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Answer 2

LOVE
WISDOM
LOVE OF WISDOM

Question 3

______ is the center of Western thought, became a city state and a democracy in the 5th century BCE

Answer 3

Athens

Question 4

Athenians settle arguments by ______ and ______

Answer 4

Discussion

Debate

Question 5

______ are the first teachers of the West skilled in settling arguments

Answer 5

Sophists

Question 6

However, their arguments were usually about practical things and not with _________; these debates led to the examination and critiquing of accepted standards of behavior within the society of Athens.

Answer 6

Metaphysical speculations

Question 7

Birth and death year of Socrates

Answer 7

470 - 399 BCE

Question 8

He said “The unexamined life is not worth living”

Answer 8

Socrates

Question 9

He is the mentor of Plato

Answer 9

Socrates

Question 10

He is a stonesman with a sharp mind

Answer 10

Socrates

Question 11

He wanted to discover the essential nature of knowledge, justice, beauty, and goodnes

Answer 11

Socrates

Question 12

It was through Plato where it was learned that Socrates was a _____

Answer 12

Brilliant debater

Question 13

He was idolized by many Athenians and thus angered the Sophists who brought him into trial (corruption of the minds of the youth) and sentenced him to death

Answer 13

Socrates

Question 14

He said “true self is not the body but the soul”

Answer 14

Socrates

Question 15

Socrates was named the wisest of all men by the _____

Answer 15

Delphi oracle

Question 16

He said “real understanding comes from within the person”

Answer 16

Socrates

Question 17

Socratic method is also called ____

Answer 17

Dialectic method

Question 18

1. Search for the correct/ proper definition of a thing
2. Socrates would ask questions and engage the person in a discussion
3. Socrates would begin acting as if he did not know anything and would get the other person to clarify their ideas and resolve logical inconsistencies
4. Goal is to bring the person closer to the final understanding
5. Aim is to make people think, seek, and ask again and again

Answer 18

Socratic Method

Question 19

Birth and death year of Plato

Answer 19

428 - 348 BCE

Question 20

Plato’s real name is _____

Answer 20

Aristocles

Question 21

Plato means _______ because of his physical build

Answer 21

Wide/ broad

Question 22

He left Athens for 12 years after Socrates’ death

Answer 22

Plato

Question 23

Plato established this school

Answer 23

The academy

Question 24

He said “Knowledge lies within the soul”

Answer 24

Plato

Question 25

He said “Ignorance equals evil”

Answer 25

Plato

Question 26

He said “human body and physical world are imperfect “

Answer 26

Plato

Question 27

He said “humans have the immortal, rational soul created in the image of the divine”

Answer 27

Plato

Question 28

He said” human beings are microcosms of the universal macrocosm” (universe can be found in people)

Answer 28

Plato

Question 29

It is a community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristic qualities of features of something much larger

Answer 29

Microcosm

Question 30

It is the whole of a complex structure, especially the world or the universe, contrasted with a small or representative part of it

Answer 30

Macrocosm

Question 31

Plato wrote more than ______ with socrates as protagonist in most of them

Answer 31

20 dialogues