Ancient Philosophers Quiz
Instructions: Test your recall of the great thinkers who shaped Western philosophy!
- 1.
Which Greek philosopher was sentenced to death by drinking hemlock?
ASocratesBPlatoCAristotleDEpicurus - 2.
Who founded the Academy in Athens, one of the first institutions of higher learning?
APlatoBSocratesCPythagorasDAristotle - 3.
Which philosopher was the tutor of Alexander the Great?
ADiogenesBSocratesCAristotleDPlato - 4.
Which philosopher is famous for saying 'I think, therefore I am'... wait, that was Descartes. Which ANCIENT philosopher said 'Know thyself'?
ASocratesBThalesCPythagorasDHeraclitus - 5.
Which Greek philosopher believed everything was made of water?
AThales of MiletusBEmpedoclesCDemocritusDAnaximander - 6.
Which philosopher lived in a barrel and carried a lantern searching for an honest man?
AAntisthenesBEpicurusCDiogenes of SinopeDZeno of Citium - 7.
Which philosopher proposed the theory of atoms -- that all matter is made of indivisible particles?
ADemocritusBAnaxagorasCEpicurusDLeucippus - 8.
Which philosopher founded Stoicism?
AEpictetusBSenecaCMarcus AureliusDZeno of Citium - 9.
Which Roman Emperor was also a renowned Stoic philosopher who wrote 'Meditations'?
ANeroBJulius CaesarCMarcus AureliusDHadrian - 10.
Which mathematician and philosopher is known for his theorem about right triangles?
AArchimedesBThalesCPythagorasDEuclid - 11.
Which philosopher said 'No man ever steps in the same river twice'?
AHeraclitusBParmenidesCXenophanesDAnaximenes - 12.
Which Roman philosopher and statesman wrote 'On the Nature of Things' about Epicurean philosophy?
ACiceroBLucretiusCPlutarchDSeneca - 13.
Which philosopher founded a school called 'The Garden' and taught that pleasure was the highest good?
APyrrhoBAristippusCEpicurusDDiogenes - 14.
Which Chinese philosopher's teachings formed the basis of Confucianism?
AConfuciusBLaoziCZhuangziDMencius - 15.
Which Roman Stoic philosopher was forced to commit suicide by Emperor Nero?
AEpictetusBSenecaCMarcus AureliusDCicero