Deck 7: The Stoic: Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius

Question 1

Epicurus called his school the Academy.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Aristippus rejected hedonism.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Epicurus considered himself self-taught.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Aristippus's doctrine is known as Cyrogenic hedonism.

Question 5

Epicurus was an Athenian citizen.

Question 6

Aristippus thought we should observe people's actual behavior.

Question 7

Epicurus's school encouraged women to interact with men as equals.

Question 8

Diogenes lived in a barrel.

Question 9

Stoics believe that everything is a matter of attitude.

Question 10

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

Question 11

Stoics counsel self-control.

Question 12

Stoics seek serenity.

Question 13

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

Question 14

"Hedonism" is from the Greek root for "pleasure."

Question 15

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

Question 16

Aristippus was a Cynic.

Question 17

Epicurus thought that death was the greatest of all evils.

Question 18

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

Question 19

Hedonism holds that pleasure is good.

Question 20

Epicurus held that happiness was the highest good.

Question 21

The word "Cynic" comes from the Greek for "dog."

Question 22

Who described the cynic as a "scout"?

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

Question 23

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 24

Who founded Stoicism in Greece?

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

Question 25

An Epicurean always had exotic tastes.

Question 26

Antisthenes attended some lectures of Gorgias the Sophist.

Question 27

Diogenes lived extravagantly.

Question 28

Who was Epaphroditus?

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

Question 29

Who wrote that liberty never comes free?

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

Question 30

Which philosopher was a former slave?

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

Question 31

Epicurus was fond of barley cakes.

Question 32

The current term "cynical" refers to basic attitude of

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

Question 33

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

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

Question 34

Diogenes was a Cynic.

Question 35

Which philosophy did Seneca endorse?

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

Question 36

Antisthenes founded Cynicism.

Question 37

A Cynic lives an austere life.

Question 38

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

Question 39

Whose iron lamp was stolen?

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

Question 40

Cynics shared the Epicureans' esteem of friendship.

Question 41

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 42

Who wrote the Enchiridion ?

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

Question 43

What is evil, according to Hedonism?

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

Question 44

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 45

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

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

Question 46

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 47

Who held that everything that happens is normal and expected?

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

Question 48

To whom did Marcus Aurelius address his Meditations ?

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

Question 49

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 50

Who lived on the beach?

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

Question 51

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 52

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 53

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

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

Question 54

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

Question 55

Who wrote that a person does not belong to himself?

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

Question 56

Who wrote that we are all chained to fate?

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

Question 57

Where was Epicurus born?

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

Question 58

Where was Aristippus born?

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

Question 59

What did the Stoics choose to master?

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

Question 60

Who founded the school called The Silver Dog?

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

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

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

Question 63

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.