1) What was Cicero's philosophical view?
A: Stoicism
2) How did "Stoics" receive their name?
A: They philosophized on a porch called a "Stoa."
3) Which early Stoic started out as a slave?
A: Epictetus
4) Who was the student to Seneca who ordered him to commit suicide?
A: Nero
5) What does Epicurus say is the key to life?
A: To seek pleasure
6) Besides a philosopher, what else was Cicero?
A: Lawyer, politician
7) Pyrrho believed that we cannot trust our _____.
A: Senses
8) Which group of philosophers thought that we should only worry about what we can change?
A: Stoics
9) Where was Epicurus born?
A: Samos, an island in the Aegean Sea
10)What two kinds of people were the students at Epicurus' garden school?
A: Women and slaves
11) Which famous philosopher lived his life by the way of skepticism?
A: Pyrrho
12) Which philosopher said that "death is not an event in life?"
A: Epicurus
13) What was Epicurus' school of philosophy commonly known as?
A: The Garden
14) Who was the first African American to hold a "regular" job in the Ivy League?
A: William Fontaine
15) What does APA stand for?
A: American Philosophical Association
16) Which country did Pyrrho visit that inspired his unusual lifestyle?
A: India
17) Who pioneered philosophical counseling?
A: Gerd Achenback
18) What was the name of Aristotle's school?
A: The Lyceum
19) What is the term that Aristotle used to describe true happiness?
A: Eudaimonia
20) What was Aristotle's primary area of study?
A: Ethics
21) What does the term ethika mean?
A: The study of character
22) What does "eros" mean?
A: Erotic love
23)
Which famous Greek philosopher was not content with studying the Form of things, but instead ventured out into the world to study things for what they were?
Which famous Greek philosopher was not content with studying the Form of things, but instead ventured out into the world to study things for what they were?
A: Aristotle
24) According to "Little History of Philosophy," who was the most extreme skeptic of all time?
A: Pyrrho
25) What does Socrates say are the three substitutes to immortality?
A: Children; Honor and fame; Enduring works
26) How did Socrates die?
A: He was sentenced to death by drinking hemlock.
27) What was the name of Plato's play that attempted to explain erotic love?
A: The Symposium
28) Which famous philosopher was Socrates' student?
A: Plato
29) Which city did Plato and Socrates live in?
A: Athens
30) Who was Aristotle's teacher?
A: Plato
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