Philosopher trivia

Albert Camus played football. What was his position?

Name one of Plato's siblings (incl. half brother).

Epicurus died a slow and painful death due to...

Nietzsche was an amateur composer mocked by this professional composer:

Jeremy Bentham got the idea for Panopticon while visiting his brother in...

What did Simone de Beauvoir (allegedly) do to young girls she was teaching?

While most women of her time preferred anonymity, Margaret Cavendish claimed authorship with ____ engraved on the cover of her works.

One of Slavoj Žižek's four wives (so far) was a model from which country?

René Descartes served as a mercenary in which country's army?

How many children Arthur Schopenhauer had out-of-wedlock?

Kim Hyung-suk, the philosopher of life, dreams, meaning (of life) and happiness was acquainted with which East Asian leader?

In which game would you find Avicenna aka Ibn Sina as "a Great Person for the Abbasid civilization"?

Diogenes once said "If Manes can live without Diogenes, why not Diogenes without Manes?" - What was Manes to Diogenes?

Bertrand Russell stated he owed his life to smoking after surviving an airplane crash on his way to (city or country)?

Which eating utensil did Søren Kierkegaard's father call his son?

He Yan helped his warlord stepdaddy interpret which famous military text?

Pyotr Chaadayev dared criticize Russia of his time and ended up being possibly the first dissenter ever pronounced legally ______

George Gurdjieff was rumored to take part in the 19th century Russian versus British empire rivalry over Central Asia known as...

Xenophon was a mercenary in a group called... (Hint: It's a big number.)

Emil Cioran was a glass half _____ kind of guy, to the max!

The self taught Thomas Henry Huxley was known as whose Bulldog? (Hint: D)

Laozi composed Dào Dé Jīng, dropped the mic and withdrew (direction).

Like Laozi, Liezi was from this intellectual brewing province:

Thomas Aquinas fancied Christianity "wrong" to his family's liking. Consequently, they produced a scheme to snap him out of it. They kidnapped him, imprisoned him and hired a prostitute to make him quit ________.

John Dewey lectured in China, earning the title "American _________", the followers of whom promptly ignored the teachings.

Secundus the Silent was into the proposition that every woman is a harlot. To test this, he went home unrecognizable, paid 50 gold to ______ to sleep with him, as you do. As a consequence, she hung herself and he took a vow of silence.

Tominaga Nakamoto's favorite saying goes: "______ is the beginning of lying and stealing".

Khana, besides advocating not eating too much, liked her food with a little bit of bitter and a little bit of ____.

Saint Augustine of Hippo fornicated for 15 years in the city of:

Zeno of Citium declined the citizenship of: