Тесты к темам 1-3

2. АNCIENT PHILOSOPHY

1. “Pre-Socratic” is the term commonly used to cover those Greek thinkers from approximately …… who attempted to find universal principles that would explain the whole of nature.

A. 600 to 400 BCE

B. 500 to 400 BCE

C. 500 to 300 BCE

D. 600 to 300 BCE

2. Milesian school includes …..

A. Thales, Anaxagoras, Anaximenes

B. Thales, Parmenides of Elea, Heraclitus

C. Leucippus, Thales, Anaximander

D. Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes

3. The Pre-Socratic pluralists include ……

A. Pythagoras & Heraclitus

B. Leucippus & Democritus

C. Empedocles & Anaxagoras

D. Thales & Parmenides of Elea

4. ….. contributed to all the main branches of philosophy, notably with his theory of ‘forms’ or ‘ideas’.

A. Socrates

B. Plato

C. Aristotle

D. Pythagoras

5. ….. founded Lyceum in Athens.

A. Aristotle

B. Plato

C. Leucippus

D. Simplicius

6. Plato wrote …. dialogues, which all survive.

A. Seven

B. Some twenty

C. Some thirty-four

D. Twelve

7. Timaeus & Republic were written by …..

A. Socrates

B. Aristotle

C. Plato

D. Heraclitus

8. Physics, On the Soul were written by …..

A. Aristotle

B. Plato

C. Democritus

D. Heraclitus

9. ….. interests were encyclopaedic, and he contributed to most of the main branches of philosophy and natural science, as well as initiating the systematic study of logic.

A. Socrates’

B. Aristotle’s

C. Plato’s

D. Anaximander’s

10. The …… specification of non-perceptible items (e.g. numbers, gods, universal kinds) is one of the key themes of Ancient philosophy.

A. aesthetical

B. ethical

C. ontological

D. logical

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3. MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY

1. ‘Arab’ philosophy, ‘Jewish’ philosophy, ‘Latin’ philosophy and …. philosophy are four sub-traditions of Medieval philosophy.

A. ‘Hellenistic’

B. ‘Indian’

C. ‘Chinese’

D. ‘Byzantine’

2. All four sub-traditions of Medieval philosophy use a common heritage of ancient ….. philosophy.

A. Roman

B. Greek

C. Egyptian

D. Babylonian

3. …… succeeded to his own satisfaction in harmonizing the Koran with a neoplatonic doctrine of the emanation of all things from God, worked out in Aristotelian terms.

A. Solomon ibn Gabirol

B. Averroes

C. Avicenna

D. Maimonides

4. Averroes was regarded throughout the Middle Ages as the Commentator of …… par excellence.

A. Boethius

B. Plato

C. St. Augustine

D. Aristotle

5. Solomon ibn Gabirol the author of The Source of Life, was thoroughly ……in spirit.

A. Aristotelian

B. Neoplatonic

C. Pre-Socratic

D. Christian

6. Maimonides had considerable influence on …….

A. Aquinas

B. St. Augustine

C. Boethius

D. Eriugena

7. Philosophy in the medieval Latin West begins in the late ……..century.

A. eighth.

B. seventh

C. fifth

D. sixth

8. ……. commentaries on Aristotle’s logical works, and on the Neoplatonist Porphyry’s introduction (Isagoge) to the Categories of Aristotle, were immensely influential in shaping the technical Latin vocabulary.

A. Eriugena’s

B. St. Augustine’s

C. Boethius’

D. Anselm’s

9. The more conservative theologians (such as….. ) made use of the new Aristotelian knowledge and method while keeping them in strict subordination to Christian theology.

A. Aquinas

B. Albert the Great

C. Abelard

D. Bonaventura

10. …. composed a Fount of Knowing.

A. Duns Scotus

B. Michael Psellos

C. John Damascene

D. William of Ockham.

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