The Philosophers Quiz

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Last updated: December 18, 2013
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Founder of Taoism
Laozi
Most famous Chinese philosopher
Confucius
Earth, Air, Fire, and Water
Empedocles
Founder of atomic theory
Democritus
Greek; One of the founders of Western philosophy
Socrates
Greek; Student of the above
Plato
Greek; Student of the above
Aristotle
Articulated the Cosmological Argument for God
St. Thomas Aquinas
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"I think, therefore I am."
René Descartes
Father of classical liberalism
John Locke
French deist who often attacked organized religion
Voltaire
Founder of categorical moral reasoning
Immanuel Kant
Founder of utilitarianism
Jeremy Bentham
Wrote The Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx
Founder of Objectivism
Ayn Rand
American; Father of modern linguistics
Noam Chomsky
6 Comments
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Level 86
Dec 18, 2013
Laozi? I hate when they keep changing the names of these guys.
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Level 87
Dec 18, 2013
Is there another spelling? I checked Wikipedia.
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Level 78
Dec 18, 2013
I typed Lao-tse first.
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Level 51
Dec 11, 2015
Lao-Tzu... I have a translation of Tao Te Ching which uses that spelling.
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Level 65
Dec 15, 2015
What a strange sampling of philosophers.
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Level 87
Dec 16, 2015
I'd be happy to take suggestions.