Which of the following philosophers was the first philosopher?

-Thales
Which of the following philosophers held that "All is Water"?
-Thales
Which of the following philosophers believed that "Number" was the essence of reality
-Pythagoras
Which of the following philosophers believed that "All is Change"?
-Heraclitus
Socrates was most concerned with?
-the health of the soul
Which of the following philosophers was Socrates' biographer?
-Plato
Who was one of the teachers of Alexander the Great?
-Aristotle
The sayings of _____ were so mysterious he was known as "The Dark."
-Heraclitus
_____ was noted for, among many other things, the ability to drink all night and not become drunk.
-Socrates
_____ established a geometrical theorem which states general truths about right triangles.
-Pythagoras
Which of the following beliefs are consistent with the views of Heraclitus?
-You can't step into the same river twice.
Which of the following philosophers believed that motion is an illusion?
-Parmenides
Both Plato and Socrates lived in _____.
-Athens
Plato's Republic describes?
-the ideal state
Which of the following philosophers could be considered the "Father of Science"?
-Aristotle
Aristotle believed that substance is composed of
-matter and form
According to Aristotle, the efficient cause of an object is its
-Origin
Plato believed that all physical objects are imperfect copies of
-Forms
Which of the following philosophers spent his days questioning his fellow citizens about their beliefs?
-Socrates
Heraclitus' symbol for constant universal change, the Logos, was
-None of the choices (fire)
_____ is the study of the nature of reality.
-Metaphysics
_____ is the study of the nature of the knowledge process.
-Epistemology
_____ involves the study of the nature of morality.
-Ethics
According to _____, the earth floats on water.
-Thales
_____ gave his followers the strange advice, "don't eat beans."
-Pythagoras
According to _____, the individual never does wrong knowingly.
-Socrates
According to _____, the organization of the soul of a good person is similar to the organization of the social classes in
an ideal society.
-Plato
According to _____, happiness is best achieved by living a life of moderation guided by reason.
-Aristotle
According to Plato, the soul recalls knowledge from its experience, prior to birth, in the Realm of Forms. This view is
known as the Theory of _____.
-Recollection
Ironically, _____ held that he knew nothing except that he knew nothing.
-Socrates
Trusting the senses would tend to make one an _____ rather than a rationalist or a skeptic.
-Empiricist
A _____ like Thales holds that all of reality has a single, unifying characteristic.
-monist

Thales held that All is _____.

-Water
Plato held that all of reality was divided into a higher and a lower region; this would make him a _____ rather than a
monist.
-dualist
According to Aristotle, matter and form are the two characteristics of _____.
-substance
During the Persian Wars, Athens and her allies defeated the armies of the _____.
-Persian Empire
The Peloponnesian War was fought between Athens and _____.
-Sparta
In The Clouds, Aristophanes mocks the famous philosopher _____.
-Socrates
Parmenides lived in the city of Elea in southern _____.
-Italy
Heraclitus lived in the city of Ephesus, on the coast of _____.
-Asia Minor
Socrates was the teacher of Plato.
-True
Socrates, Plato, Thales and Heraclitus lived in Athens.
-False
Socrates was more interested in ethical, rather than metaphysical or epistemological, questions.
-True
Aristotle is the author of Republic, a description of the ideal state.
-False
Thales, Heraclitus and Parmenides all lived before Socrates.
-True
Thales, Heraclitus and Parmenides were monists, believing that all of reality shared a single, unifying feature.
-True
Pre-Socratics are philosophers who lived before Socrates.
-True
Both Plato and Parmenides were rationalists, believing that the mind gained knowledge independently of the
senses.
-True
An empiricist is one who believes knowledge originates in sense knowledge.
-True
Thales and Heraclitus agreed that water is reality's central element.
-False
Plato was more concerned with the higher, unchanging world of eternal truths; Aristotle was more concerned with
the changing physical world.
-True
Plato was an empiricist, whereas Aristotle was a rationalist.
-False
Parmenides believed that reality was like a constantly changing fire.
-False
Epistemology involves the study of the nature of morality.
-False
Ethics is mainly concerned with proving, or disproving, God's existence.
-False
Thales left behind numerous books, which give detailed descriptions of his beliefs.
-False
Aristotle was born after Socrates.
-True
Socrates was born after Thales.
-True
Pythagoras was born before Plato.
-True
Socrates, because of his irritating habit of questioning the values of his fellow citizens, was known as a "gadfly."
-True