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  1. This ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Plato, tutored Alexander the Great and founded the Lyceum in Athens.

    • Aristotle
    • Socrates
    • Pythagoras
    • Heraclitus
  2. "I think, therefore I am" is the famous philosophical statement made by this French philosopher and mathematician.

    • Blaise Pascal
    • Rene Descartes
    • Voltaire
    • Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  3. This branch of philosophy deals with questions about what is morally right and wrong.

    • Metaphysics
    • Epistemology
    • Ethics
    • Aesthetics
  4. This ancient Greek thinker, known for his dialectic method of questioning, was sentenced to death by drinking hemlock.

    • Plato
    • Aristotle
    • Epicurus
    • Socrates
  5. This German philosopher wrote "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" and declared that "God is dead."

    • Friedrich Nietzsche
    • Immanuel Kant
    • Georg Hegel
    • Arthur Schopenhauer
  6. This branch of philosophy investigates the nature, sources, and limits of knowledge.

    • Logic
    • Ontology
    • Epistemology
    • Phenomenology
  7. This allegorical story by Plato describes prisoners chained in a cave, seeing only shadows on a wall.

    • The Allegory of the Ship
    • The Ring of Gyges
    • The Allegory of the Chariot
    • The Allegory of the Cave
  8. This Chinese philosopher, who lived around 500 BCE, taught principles of ethics and proper social relationships that shaped East Asian culture.

    • Laozi
    • Confucius
    • Mencius
    • Zhuangzi

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