MODULE 1 (prelim)

Question 1

The term Philosophy was first introduced by ________ and was the one who coined the term “Philosophia”

Answer 1

Pythagoras

Question 2

derived from two Greek words Philia meaning “_______” or “friendship” and Sophia meaning “______”.

Answer 2

Philia meaning “love”;
Sophia meaning “wisdom”

Question 3

philosophy means “______”.

Answer 3

“Love of Wisdom”

Question 4

Philosophy is the “love of wisdom” or “_________”.

Answer 4

“the quest of truth”

Question 5

a philosopher considers humans from the point of view of their inner life.

Answer 5

SOCRATES

Question 6

The famous line of Socrates

Answer 6

“Know thyself”

Question 7

the first philosopher whoever engaged in a systematic questioning about the self. It is known today as Socratic Questioning.

Answer 7

SOCRATES

Question 8

The core of Socratic ethics is the concept of _____ and ______.

Answer 8

virtue and knowledge.

Question 9

is the deepest and most basic propensity of humans.

Answer 9

VIRTUE

Question 10

The famous Socratic irony “_______” means that wisdom can be attained by claiming that one does not know.

Answer 10

“I know that I know not

Question 11

For Socrates, one can only know one’s self, if one engages in meditation and contemplation.

Answer 11

“the unexamined life is not worth living.”

Question 12

Socrates thought that this is the worst that can happen to anyone:

Answer 12

“to live but die inside”

Question 13

For Socrates, every human being is composed of the ____ and ____. This means that every human person is dualistic

Answer 13

body and soul

Question 14

it is the state of our soul, or our inner being, which determines the quality of our life is according to ____

Answer 14

Socrates

Question 15

According to ____, humans were omniscient or all- knowing before they came to be born into this world.

Answer 15

Plato

Question 16

Ideal Self, The Perfect Self

Answer 16

Plato

Question 17

Plato viewed human’s souls as having three parts namely the:

Answer 17

rational soul
the spirited soul
the appetitive soul.

Question 18

______ refers to the mind or intellect which pertains to the thinking portion of the human.

Answer 18

rational soul

Question 19

refers to the volition of will which carries out the dictates of reason in practical life.

Answer 19

spirited soul

Question 20

refers to the emotion or desire that enables humans to feel many things.

Answer 20

appetitive soul

Question 21

held that the true self of human beings is the reason or the intellect that constitutes their soul and that is separable from their body.

Answer 21

aristotle

Question 22

insisted that the human being is a composite of body and soul and that the soul cannot be separated from the body.

Answer 22

Aristotle

Question 23

Aristotle’s philosophy of self was constructed in terms of _____ in which the soul of a human being is the form or the structure of the human body or the human matter,

Answer 23

hylomorphism

Question 24

According to Aristotle, Self is composed of:

Answer 24

● Affects (affectivity, emotions)
● Own (property)
● Perceptions
● Knowledge
● Centre (ego, “I”)

Question 25

Aristotle’s argument:

Answer 25

A. Soul – the principle which causes movement
B. Movement – life is a movement
C. Humans are a combinations of body (matter) and soul (form) > soul
actualizes body (matter)
D. Essence – what makes you, you.
E. Self-Nutrition and Reproductions
- autonomic biological systems = life = begins/generates & corrupts (dies)
F. Perception