Mind & society
The “Philosophers and big ideas” quiz — Mind & society. It has 25 questions in five categories: Thought experiments, Ancient thinkers, Ethics and society, Eastern wisdom, Mind and existence. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
Which Greek philosopher described chained prisoners mistaking shadows on a cave wall for reality in 'The Republic'?
What was the name of the mythical hero whose renovated ship gave its name to this classic identity paradox?
Which animal famously starves…
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In the gameWhich British philosopher first…
In the gameSentenced to death by drinking hemlock, which Athenian thinker famously claimed he only knew that he knew nothing?
Which philosopher studied under Plato, founded the Lyceum, and served as personal tutor to Alexander the Great?
Which Roman emperor penned…
In the gameWelcoming women and enslaved…
In the gameWhich leading Neoplatonist philosopher…
In the gameWhich ethical philosophy judges every action solely by whether it produces the greatest happiness for the greatest number?
Which English philosopher published 'Leviathan' in 1651, picturing the sovereign state as a protective artificial giant?
What term did Immanuel…
In the gamePhilosopher John Rawls argued…
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Which ancient Chinese thinker emphasized filial piety and moral harmony, his teachings collected in the 'Analects'?
Which foundational Daoist text, traditionally attributed to Laozi, translates as 'The Book of the Way and Virtue'?
Which school of Buddhism…
In the gameWhich Daoist philosopher woke…
In the gameWhich 12th-century Andalusian philosopher…
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Which 17th-century French philosopher founded modern rationalism on the principle 'I think, therefore I am'?
Which German philosopher introduced the ideal of the Übermensch in his 1883 work 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra'?
Which English philosopher famously…
In the gameWhich medieval English thinker…
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In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.