| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| Who is "dead", according to Friedrich Nietzsche? | God | 92%
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| What does "cogito, ergo sum" mean? | "I think, therefore I am." | 92%
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| Continuing question 3, how did Socrates react to the verdict? | He executed the death sentence himself by drinking hemlock. | 85%
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| Albert Camus compared human existence to the fate of Greek hero Sisyphus. What did Sisyphus do? | He tried to roll a boulder over a hill in eternity. | 85%
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| Which philsopher was the tutor of Alexander the Great? | Aristotle | 82%
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| What, among other things, was Socrates found to be guilty of by the Athenian people's court? | Corrupting the youth | 82%
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| Marcus Aurelius was one of the great stoic philosophers. What was his other profession? | Roman emperor | 81%
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| What is Enlightenment, according to Immanuel Kant? | The way out of self-imposed immaturity | 77%
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| Which view is most closely associated with Niccolò Machiavelli? | The ends justify the means. | 75%
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| According to Heraclitus, what is something you can't do twice? | Step into the same river | 72%
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| Where is Diogenes said to have lived? | A barrel | 69%
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| Laozi is associated with which Chinese religious and philosophical tradition? | Taoism | 65%
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| Three of these French philosophers were friends. Who did not belong to them? | Michel de Montaigne | 62%
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| Which statement most closely reflects Positivism? | Only that is true which can be scientifically proven. | 53%
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| Which philosopher was famous for being a recluse with a poodle as his dearest companion? | Arthur Schopenhauer | 47%
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