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School of Arts and Sciences

Subject: Philosophy of MAN PRELIMINARY

EXAMINATION

I. Multiple Choice. Write the Letter of your choice on the space before the item. Use
Capital Letters only.

1. It is the Greek word for love or friendship.

a. SOPHIA c. Amor
b. PHILO d. physica
2. He was the first person to wonder
a. PYTHAGORAS c. Anaxagoras
b. THALES d. Boethius
3. He coined the definition of Philosophy.
a. PYTHAGORAS c. Anaxagoras
b. THALES d. Boethius
4. It is defined as a search or study about man at all angles of his existence as a human
being as he relates with himself, with others and with his Creator.
a. Metaphysics c. Ethics
b. Philosophy d. Philosophy of man
5. It is a field of study which is proud of being the only science which investigates all
realities in their ultimate causes, reasons and principles
a. Metaphysics c. Ethics
b. Philosophy d. Psychology
6. It is a metaphysical science which studies the general nature of the world.
a. Cosmology c. Ontology
b. Philosophy d. Theodicy
7. It is a science that studies on investigate knowledge and truth
a. Theodicy c. Ethics
b. Psychology d. Epistemology
8. What is the focus of metaphysics?
a. judges whether arguments are good
b. tells about the origin of the cosmos
c. It tells whether human actions are moral or not moral
d. It gives the ultimate causes or reality
9. When we define a term using its etymological definition, a word is defined by way of
a. referring to the thing itself
b. referring to the origin of the term
c. by giving the purpose for which a term is used
d. by identifying its meaning
10. This problem in philosophy of man points to a serious study of the fundamental
equipment man is endowed with
a. nature of man c. condition of being human
b. human nature d. somatic level
11. It is one focus of Philosophy of man which deals about the homization or the
humanization of man.
a. nature of man c. condition of being human
b. human nature d. somatic level
12. It means that human nature is elusive of change
a. immutability of human nature c. exclusivity of human nature
b. universality of human nature d. intimacy of human name
13. It refers to the purposive drive of every man to live a kind of life according to his own
discretion.
a. Somatic Level c. Attitudinal Level
b. Behavioral Level d. Material Level

14. They are referred to as Natural Philosophers because of their aim to find natural
rather than supernatural explanations of the origin of the world
a. Sophists c. Platonic Philosophers
b. Rationalist Philosophers d. Pre-Socratic Philosophers

15. According to Anaximander it is the unlimited source of all elements and the
permanent substance which underlies all change.
a. water c. air
b. fire d.the boundless

16. He was arrested, convicted and sentenced to death because he was alleged to have
corrupted the youth and was impious to the gods of the Greeks
a. Thales c.Socrates
b. Anaximander d. Plato
17. He formulated the theory of the existence of the immaterial forms of objects which
he called as forms or ideas and associated them with beings
a. Thales c.Socrates
b. Anaximander d. Plato
18. He was the famous disciple of Socrates who descended from an aristocratic family
and whose ancestors were the early Athenian Noblemen.
a. Thales c.Socrates
b. Anaximander d. Plato
19. Which of the following is not a philosophical proposition of Socrates?
a. man is both universal and rational
b. true wisdom is properly caring for the soul
c. the unexamined life is worth living
d. the world is unknowable
20. He was acclaimed as a Greek philosopher and encyclopedic philosopher, the founder
of the science of logic who proposed that knowledge comes from sense perception and
that one has to experience something in order to acquire knowledge.
a. Socrates c. Aristotle
b. Plato d. Thales

II. MODIFIED: True or False. Identify whether each statement is true or false. Write TRUE
if the statement is true. If the statement is false, change the underlined word or
phrase to make the statement true. (1pt each)

1. There is only one human nature.

2. Human nature does not change in terms of its accidental constituents
3. The realities in the flesh of one human body is true to all
4. In the Attitudinal level, human nature is universal and static
5. There is a Filipino, American or German human nature particularly in the
Somatic Level
6. Philosophical search starts when one begins to doubt.
7. Know thyself means knowing what is right in order to do what is best
8. According to Plato, Knowledge comes from sense perception.
9. Virtue is a state of mind according to Socrates.
_____________ 10. The Sophists introduced the art of rhetoric or the art of persuasion.
III. Simple Recall: Identify the following and write your answers in the space provided. (1
pt each)

1. Name the leading character in most of Platos dialogue.

2. It pertains to the art of argumentation through question and answer
3. It is the source of all things according to Anaximenes
4. His primordial element was water
5. According to Anaximander humans evolved from this specie
6. They are the pioneers of Rational thinking in ancient Greece.
7. It is defined as a search for meaning
8. For this philosopher knowledge is innate
9. For Aristotle, who is the first cause and the source of change?
10. According to this philosopher, man is a political animal.

IV. ESSAY. Answer the following in a brief and concise manner.

1. Distinguish Platos Philosophical thought from Aristotles Philosophical thought.
(5pts)

2. Compare and contrast the Dialectic/Socratic method from the Rhetoric methods in
arriving at truth (5pts)

Prepared by: the Social Science Department