MOVING INTO ARISTOTLE

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1: Aristotle was a pupil of which philosopher?

Socrates
Democrates
Aquinas
Plato


2: After leaving Athens he became a tutor to which famous person?

Herod the Great
Alexander the Great
Josephus
Jesus ben Sirach


3: Which of the following books was written by Aristotle?

Republic
Odyssey
Metaphysics
Spectator


4: What was Aristotle's view of Plato's Theory of Forms?

He rejected it
He agreed with Plato
He gave no opinion on it
He developed the idea


5: Aristotle spoke of four "causes" material cause, efficient cause, formal cause - but what was the fourth cause?

The ultimate cause
The usual cause
The final cause
The obvious cause


6: Which of these definitions would not describe Aristotle's idea of "god"?

He is the cause of motion
He cares for all creatures
He is the object of desire of lesser intelligences
The object of thought of the Unmoved Mover is its own thinking


7: Which Christian philosopher developed Aristotle's ideas?

Averroes
St Augustine of Hippo
St Anselm
St Thomas Aquinas


8: Which of these statements describes what Aristotle thought about the soul?

The soul is not separable from the body
The soul separates from the body at death
The soul is the only reality in life
The soul is a non-existent reality


9: What, according to Aristotle, possesses only a nutritive soul?

A gourmet
A plant
A pet dog
A philosopher


10: Aristotle gave names to many basic fields of study which he pursued. But which of the ones below is not the name first given to it by Aristotle?

logic
economics
geometry
meteorology



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