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Review of philosophical concepts in the novel Sophie's World
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This time period was focused on the belief that man is beautiful and important
Enlightenment
Baroque
Middle Ages
Renaissance
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Believed that knowledge is power and man had begun to break away from his natural condition
Francis Bacon
Nicolaus Copernicus
St. Thomas Aquinas
Galileo Galilei
3
We derive all knowledge for the world from what the senses tell us
Rationalism
Mysticism
Empricism
Communism
4
Wrote the allegory of the cave
Aristotle
Socrates
Freud
Plato
5
Classified people and things into categories
Thales
Aristotle
Socrates
Plato
6
Was kicked out of his Jewish community for saying the Bible wasn't literal
John Locke
Baruch Spinoza
George Berkeley
Issac Newton
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Thales thought that the source of all things was
fire
wind
water
earth
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A story about the gods which sets out to explain why life is as it is
Mythical explanation
Physical explanation
Psychological explanation
Natural explanation
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What word or phrase is an antonym for “fate”
destiny
free will
providence
predestination
10
Immanuel Kant lived during what period?
Baroque
Renaissance
Enlightenment
Romantic
11
Which Greek king is considered one of the greatest military generals of all time
Alexander the Great
Saul the Great
David the Great
Steph Curry the Great
12
Karl Marx is known as a
empirical historian
capital mystic
economic rationalist
historical materialist
13
What does the word “sophist” mean?
hilarious and cynical person
questioning and reluctant person
wise and informed person
ignorant and foolish person
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What does the word Acropolis mean?
city of wisdom
city of angels
city on a hill
city of light
15
Who invented the “atom” theory?
Newton
Socrates
Aristotle
Democritus
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What was the name of the period where borders between various cultures became erased?
Hellenism
Mysticism
Semitic
Epicurean
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Father of modern philosophy
Locke
Hume
Descartes
Bacon
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Which group had a cyclic view of life
Christians
Indo-Europeans
Muslims
Jews
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Natural philosophers were mainly concerned with
natural world and its processes
myth and supernatural explanations
life after death
the world after death
20
Was the first European to claim the earth moved around the sun
St. Thomas Aquinas
Galileo Galilei
Nicolaus Copernicus
Francis Bacon
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The belief in the sharp division between the reality of thought and extended reality
Dualism
Polytheistic
Eurocentrism
Heliocentrism
22
Wrote the Law of Universal Gravitation
Galileo
Newton
Copernicus
Kepler
23
Charles Darwin is most known for his theory of
communism
empiricism
capitalism
evolution
24
Greek city states changed from a mythological mode of thought to one based on experience and
supernatural
reason
religion
ignorance
25
Irish Bishop who thought we exist only in the mind of God
Locke
Hume
Berkeley
Hegel
26
Immanuel Kant believed there are two elements that contribute to man's knowledge of the world
external and internal conditions
divine and secular knowledged
material and form of knowledge
right and wrong conditions
27
Charles Darwin created his Origin of Species based on time in the
Indes
Thames rivers
Galapagos
Andes
28
The French Revolution happened in this period
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Baroque
Enlightenment
29
Sigmund Freud is considered the father of
Medicine
Too many children
Philosophy
Pyschology
30
Another name for Jewish people
Semites
Polytheists
Muslims
Christians
31
What does the word “Allah” mean at its semantic root?
God
Angel
Holy
Forgiveness
32
The city held sacred by Jews, Christians, and Muslims
Jerusalem
Constantinople
Lebonon
Sparta
33
Which is NOT a theme of the Enlightenment?
Belief in authority
Return to nature
Human rights
Optimism
34
How do we know about what Socrates believed and taught?
Plato’s recordings
lessons were carved into the Acropolis
his written texts
the publishing of the art of discourse
35
The first biologist
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Kepler
36
What city is the most important to Greek culture?
Athens
Thales
Crete
Sparta
37
Karl Marx believed that life is a struggle over who controls the
modes of communism
modes of capitalism
modes of disposal
modes of production
38
Means “rebirth”
The middle ages
Romantic period
The Baroque
The Renaissance
39
According to Socrates what do we need to listen to in order to “act right”
our mythological voice
our supernatural voice
our enigmatic voice
our divine voice
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What is the name for a Muslim place of worship?
Synagogue
Mosque
Church
Temple
41
Believed in a "world spirit" that is ever-expanding knowledge of itself
Kant
Descartes
Hume
Hegel
42
New inventions happened such as the telescope, the printing press, and eyeglasses
Renaissance
Middle Ages
Enlightenment
Baroque
43
The school system was developed during this time
Renaissance
Baroque
Enlightenment
Middle Ages
44
This time period was focused on the belief that man is sinful and evil
Renaissance
Middle Ages
Enlightenment
Baroque
45
What were the charges against Socrates?
corrupting the youth with new ideas and gods
conspiring with Plato to start their own academies
speaking poorly of the emperor
speaking poorly of the military generals
