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Q1. Who developed the Cogito?
A) Alain
B) David Hume
C) Rene Descartes
Q2. What nationality was the empiricist David Hume?
A) French
B) Scottish
C) Irish
Q3. From which philosopher does the Epicurean doctrine derive?
A) Democritus
B) Pericles
C) Plato

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Q1. Define "widdiful. "
A) Being very small, adorable and pitiful.
B) Deserving to be hanged.
C) Being an admirer of British Politician Ann Widdecombe.
D) Being as appallingly stupid as British Politician Ann Widdecombe.
Q2. Define "scopperloit"
A) Rude or rough play
B) An unfortunately placed suppurating rash.
C) An Australian word for stir-fried cabbage, kale or chard. .
D) British term for someone who loiters near policemen for sexual reasons.
Q3. Define "mesonoxian"
A) One who attends or attended Oxford University's Middle College.
B) The composite vector of a meson or mu-meson.
C) Being a moderately dangerous poison or toxin.
D) Pertaining to midnight

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Q1. I wrote 'L'affaire Calas' or 'Candide', my real name is Francois Marie Arouet,…
A) Denis Diderot
B) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
C) Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
D) Montesquieu
E) Voltaire
Q2. I was born in 1712, in Switzerland, and wrote 'Les Confessions' and 'Le contrat social,…
A) Denis Diderot
B) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
C) Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
D) Montesquieu
E) Voltaire
Q3. I was behind the distinction between legislative, executive and judicial powers, and I wrote 'Lettres…
A) Denis Diderot
B) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
C) Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
D) Montesquieu
E) Voltaire

Les philosophes des Lumieres (TT)

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Q1. Do the philosophers Palmer is talking about reject the concept of a free action conceived as a caused…
A) Yes, they reject the concept of a free action as a caused action.
B) No, they accept the concept of a free action as a caused action.
Q2. Do they reject the concept of a free thought conceived as a caused action?
A) Yes, they reject the concept of a free thought conceived as a caused thought?
B) No, they accept the concept of a free thought conceived as a caused thought?
Q3. Do they reject it because the idea of a free action, by itself, contradicts science?
A) Yes, the idea of a free action contradicts science.
B) No, the idea of a free action does not contradict science.

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Q1. During what dynasty did the teachings of Confucius become important in order to hold a government job?
A) Silk
B) Ch'in
C) Han
D) Chou
Q2. What is Confucius best known as?
A) An inventor of sub-par writing methods
B) A follower of Buddhist tradition
C) China's sorrow
D) A Chinese philosopher and teacher
Q3. Confucius' teachings have many good points, but also weaknesses. Which scripture did we discuss that…
A) 'If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves...' 1 John 1 : 8
B) 'There is none righteous, no not one.' Romans 3 : 10
C) 'The wise will remain silent'
D) 'Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family' Proverbs 27 : 10

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Q1. A man died in his car. Next to it is the gun that killed him (he did not commit suicide). The windows…
B) The car is a convertible
C) The killer had the car keys
Q2. It's a pleasant family evening. Yet in less than 15 minutes, the father is in jail, the mother…
A) It all happened so fast
B) They're playing cards
C) They're playing Monopoly
Q3. I was born before my father, died before my mother, buried in my grandmother. Who am I?
A) Abel
B) Adam
C) Noe

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Q1. Who was this fierce, independent Greek philosopher, founder of the Cynic philosophical sect?
A) Anaxagoras
B) Anaximene
C) Antisthene
Q2. Who was this Iranian sage who transmitted a vision of the world and of life so powerful that it spread…
A) Marduk
B) Mani
C) Mazdan
Q3. Who was this Jewish philosopher from the Greek diaspora in Alexandria who sought to demonstrate the complementarity…
A) Philo
B) Pyrron
C) Philolaos

Ancient philosophers

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Q1. All men are mortal, Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates is mortal
A) True
B) False
Q2. All babies are small, Paul is small, so Paul is a baby
A) True
B) False
Q3. Anything rare is expensive, a lame horse is rare, so a lame horse is expensive
A) True
B) False

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Q1. In which current country is it born?
A) Switzerland
B) Belgium
C) France
Q2. Where is his tomb?
A) Au cimetiere du Pere Lachaise
B) Au Pantheon de Paris
C) On ne sait pas
Q3. In which city is the statue of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, made by Mars Valett?
A) Lyon
B) Grenoble
C) Chambery

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Q1. What is his first name?
A) Loris
B) Laurent
C) Rene
Q2. In which year was he born?
A) In 1599
B) In 1596
C) In 1601
Q3. What was his nationality?
A) French
B) Norwegian
C) English

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Q1. What is his real name?
A) Charles-Emmanuel Risset
B) Rufus de Secondeur
C) Charles Louis de Secondat
Q2. In which year was he born?
A) In 1802
B) In 1752
C) In 1689
Q3. At what age did he die?
A) 87 years old
B) 66 years old
C) 22 years old

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Q1. Adam Smith (1723-1790)
A) Irish
B) American
C) Scottish
Q2. Kant (1724-1804)
A) German
B) Austrian
C) Dutch
Q3. Engels (1820-1895)
A) Russian
B) Prussian
C) German

Foreign philosophers

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Q1. What does 'baiser Lamourette' mean? (virtue)
A) Designe une amourette fougueuse. La passion
B) Designe une reconciliation ephemeres et peu sinceres. La tolerance
C) Designe un geste de mecontentement, La colere
Q2. What is Alan's apple? (death and transfiguration)
A) The apple that Alan and Eve shared
B) An apple dipped in cyanide with which Alan Turing killed himself
C) The name given to the glottis by a naturalist
Q3. What does the myth of Er represent? ('The Republic' by Plato)
A) Er is the messenger from the afterlife, the only one to have seen the souls of the dead
B) Er is the place where souls are judged
C) Er is a wandering soul who cannot return to Earth

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