Deck 7: The Stoic: Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius

Question 1

Stoics believe that nothing can make you happy or unhappy without your consent.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Epicurus called his school the Academy.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Aristippus name means the best .

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Epicurus was considered a dangerous rebel in his own time as he was tolerant.

Question 5

Hedonism is from the Greek root for pleasure .

Question 6

Epicurus thought that if something was desired then it was desirable.

Question 7

Aristippus was a Cynic.

Question 8

Aristippus held that sensory pleasures were less valuable than mental ones.

Question 9

Epicurus school encouraged women to interact with men as equals.

Question 10

Epicurus held that happiness was the highest good.

Question 11

Diogenes lived in a barrel.

Question 12

Stoicism is a refutation of hedonism.

Question 13

Epicurus considered himself self-taught.

Question 14

Hedonism holds that pleasure is good.

Question 15

Stoics believe that everything is a matter of attitude.

Question 16

A person who lives according to Stoic doctrine is an epicure.

Question 17

Epicurus was an Athenian citizen.

Question 18

Epicurus thought that death was the greatest of all evils.

Question 19

Aristippus doctrine is known as Cyrogenic hedonism.

Question 20

Aristippus taught that pleasure is always good, unless it has an evil source.

Question 21

An Epicurean always had exotic tastes.

Question 22

What could Plato see through the holes in Antisthenes cloak?

A) His legs
B) His vanity
C) His philosophy
D) The error of his ways

Question 23

Who wrote that liberty never comes free?

A) Aristotle
B) Plato
C) Seneca
D) Epictetus

Question 24

Antisthenes attended some lectures of Gorgias the Sophist.

Question 25

Who founded Stoicism in Greece?

A) Diogenes
B) Marcus Aurelius
C) Zeno
D) Zena

Question 26

A Cynic lives an austere life.

Question 27

Who described the cynic as a scout ?

A) Diogenes
B) Plato
C) Epicurus
D) Epictetus

Question 28

Diogenes lived extravagantly.

Question 29

Who was Epaphroditus?

A) A cynic
B) A hedonistic philosopher
C) The owner of Epictetus
D) The slave of Plato

Question 30

Epicurus was fond of barley cakes.

Question 31

The word Cynic comes from the Greek for dog .

Question 32

The current term cynical refers to basic attitude of

A) contempt
B) joy
C) humility
D) pride

Question 33

Which philosopher was a former slave?

A) Aristotle
B) Epicurus
C) Diogenes
D) Epictetus

Question 34

Diogenes asked Alexander the Great to get out of his light.

Question 35

Diogenes was a Cynic.

Question 36

Antisthenes founded Cynicism.

Question 37

Cynics shared the Epicurean s esteem of friendship.

Question 38

Whose iron lamp was stolen?

A) Plato
B) Seneca
C) Epaphroditus
D) Epictetus

Question 39

Which philosophy did Seneca endorse?

A) Epicureanism
B) Hedonism
C) Cynicism
D) Stoicism

Question 40

What sort of person did the Stoic Epictetus consider an ideal?

A) The Cynic
B) The Stoic
C) The Epicurean
D) The Platonist

Question 41

Who wrote that a person does not belong to himself?

A) Plato
B) Epicurus
C) Aristotle
D) Buddha

Question 42

Given his hedonism, do you believe that Epicurus would have held that death could be a harm to the person who died? Explain your answer. Would Aristotle have agreed with him, or disagreed with him? Explain your answer. Who do you agree with?

Question 43

Who founded the school called The Silver Dog?

A) Diogenes
B) Plato
C) Antisthenes
D) Marcus Aurelius

Question 44

To whom did Marcus Aurelius address his Meditations ?

A) To his sons
B) To his soldiers
C) To his wife
D) To himself

Question 45

Do you believe that Stoicism is a purely naturalistic approach to philosophy, or not? Explain your answer. Would Stoics be hostile to religion? Why, or why not?

Question 46

Who wrote the Enchiridion ?

A) Epicurus
B) Epictetus
C) Arrianus
D) Aristotle

Question 47

Who wrote that we are all chained to fate?

A) Seneca
B) Diogenes
C) Plato
D) Epicurus

Question 48

Who held that everything that happens is normal and expected?

A) Marcus Aurelius
B) William Shakespeare
C) Thomas More
D) James Stockdale

Question 49

Do you believe that Stoics are simply resigned to their fates, and are too passive? How might a Stoic respond to this charge? Do you think that Stoicism is an attractive way of life?

Question 50

Where was Epicurus born?

A) Athens
B) Thrace
C) Sparta
D) Samos

Question 51

Who held that philosophy was vain if it did not heal suffering?

A) Epicurus
B) Plato
C) More
D) Diogenes

Question 52

What is evil, according to hedonism?

A) Pleasure
B) Success
C) Sex
D) Pain

Question 53

Where was Aristippus born?

A) Stagira
B) Athens
C) Thrace
D) Cyrene

Question 54

Who lived on the beach?

A) Plato
B) Epicurus
C) Diogenes
D) Antisthenes

Question 55

What directs the course of our lives, according to Stoics?

A) We do
B) Logos
C) Logic
D) Others acts

Question 56

Do you believe that Epicurus approach to hedonism is an attractive one, or not? Why? Explain your answer. Do you think that Epicurus approach would be practical today?

Question 57

What, according to Epictetus, is the lecture room of the philosopher?

A) The sanctuary
B) The hospital
C) The concentration camp
D) The restroom

Question 58

Who was Flavius Arrianus?

A) A student of Epaphroditus
B) A student of Plato
C) A student of Epictetus
D) A student of Seneca

Question 59

What did the Stoics chose to master?

A) Their own minds
B) The Roman Empire
C) The physical universe
D) Nothing

Question 60

Do you think that Epicurean hedonism would be a naturalist philosophy, or one that could accommodate supernatural elements? Explain your answer.

Question 61

Do you believe that hedonism is an attractive way of life? Why, or why not? In answering this question you should specify just what you mean by hedonism .

Question 62

Do you believe that Alexander the Great was right to admire Diogenes? Why, or why not? Is a strict adherence to principle always admirable? Explain and illustrate your answer.

Question 63

What is Cyrenaic hedonism? How does it differ from Epicurean hedonism? Which do you think is the more persuasive approach to hedonism, and why?