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Quiz about Greek Words and Greek Philosophy

Greek Words and Greek Philosophy Quiz

We know how deep the relationship between languange and thinking is. This is a quiz about the language and the philosophy of the "most cultural" ancient western civilization.

A multiple-choice quiz by matigraffi. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
matigraffi

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
261,068

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

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Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

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Question 1 of 15

1. We'll start with what might be the most important Greek word in terms of philosophy: L�gos. This word appears in general Greek culture, but also in specific philosohical authors and systems, from Heraclitus to Plato. What does it mean? Hint

Knowledge, science, art, technique

Symbol, icon, figure, image

Word, rational thinking, speech, discourse, treaty

Being, existence, reality, truth

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Question 2 of 15

2. The word is Gn�sis, and it was something that every good philosopher, even today, had. What is the translation of this term? Hint

Patience

Wisdom

Knowledge

Truth

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Question 3 of 15

3. This word might have gained its highest importance in Aristotelian philosophy: eudaimon�a. Can you tell me what it means? Hint

Diamonds, gold, precious metals

Pleasure, satisfaction, gratification

Good, well-doing, responsibility

State of welfare and happiness

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Question 4 of 15

4. The word is al�theia, and it is what every philosopher wants to find: the truth. But do you know how the Greek philosophers interpreted the word truth? Hint

To reach high mountains, to climb up

To reveal, to remove the veil, to enlighten

To dig, to submerge, to get inside

To wipe out the evil, to remove the falseness

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Question 5 of 15

5. The word is D�ke, and it has been of great interest to Socrates and Plato. Do you know the meaning of it? Hint

Justice, just, fair

State, city, law

Good, appropriate, well-performed

Virtue, capacity, power

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Question 6 of 15

6. This is another word dear to Plato, and all the meaning he gave to it, reaches us today: Epist�me. Which of these best describes it? Hint

Rational thinking, intuitive thinking

High knowledge, scientific knowledge

Contemplation, admiration, perception

Philosophical education, true knowledge in education

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Question 7 of 15

7. Another word deeply developed by Aristotle, in close relation to eudaimon�a, which we saw in an earlier question: Aret�. Can you translate it? Hint

End, aim, objective

Nature, essence, soul

Politic, social life, citizenship

Virtue, nature, excellence

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Question 8 of 15

8. Every cosmologic philosopher wanted to know what it was. Water, said Thales, �peiron said his disciple. Do you know what the arch� is? Hint

Ultimate cause of everything, constitutional principle, what things are made of

What gives life to everything on earth, the cause of life

The essence of man, man's true constitution

The aim that everything on earth tries to reach, the true objective

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Question 9 of 15

9. Let's stick to the first philosophers; this might be an easy one since it remains in actual words: ph�sis. Do you know what it means? Hint

Physics

Nature

Essence

God

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Question 10 of 15

10. The word e�dos means, in strict terms, vision. But this was much more complex for Plato; how did he understand this word? Hint

Concept, mental production

Idea, form with independent existance

True perception, productive intelligence

Beeing, existence, reality

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Question 11 of 15

11. Teleology is the conception that everything has a t�los, but do you know what t�los means? Hint

End, purpose

Durability, place in time

Reason, cause

Existence, place in space

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Question 12 of 15

12. �thos is the word from which ethics come from. But what was the meaning of it for a Greek man? Hint

Habit, custom

Pathway, road

Good, well-done

Rejection to evil

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Question 13 of 15

13. Ous�a is a fundamental word in every philosophy; do you know what it means? Hint

Essence, reality, entity

Instrument, tool

Truth, true knolege

Good, moraly correct

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Question 14 of 15

14. Soph�s is an adjective; who was a soph�s in ancient Greece? Hint

A politician

A philosopher

A wise man

A poet

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Question 15 of 15

15. And finally, do you know what philosophy means? Hint

The possession of wisdom

The desire of wisdom

The search for wisdom

The love of wisdom

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Word, rational thinking, speech, discourse, treaty

The word L�gos comes from the verb l�go, which meant to count in its strict sense, to count, enumerate. Therefrom it became to count in the sense of telling a story or to speak. Finally the word L�gos separated from the word L�go, meaning word, rational thinking, study of, treaty, speech, etc.

2. The word is Gn�sis, and it was something that every good philosopher, even today, had. What is the translation of this term?

Answer: Knowledge

The translation of the word Gn�sis is quite literal: it means knowledge in the sense of "accumulation". This is why nowadays the discipline in philosophy that deals with the study of knowledge itself is called Gnoseology.

3. This word might have gained its highest importance in Aristotelian philosophy: eudaimon�a. Can you tell me what it means?

Answer: State of welfare and happiness

It is, according to Aristotle, the end to which every human aims by nature, due to the fact that it's an end wanted by itself and not by anything else. He argued that it could be achieved by a combination of virtuous behavior and physical well-being. Stoics would have urged the achievement of eudaimon�a by the exercise of responsibility and virtue; Hedonists saw the path to eudaimon�a as being the pursuit of pleasure.

4. The word is al�theia, and it is what every philosopher wants to find: the truth. But do you know how the Greek philosophers interpreted the word truth?

Answer: To reveal, to remove the veil, to enlighten

The "a" is a privative alpha, and "letheia" would mean veil, cover, something that obstructs or does not allow to reach what's beneath it. So to remove that veil would be to find the truth. Heidegger has written a lot about this. The word may have originated from words meaning "that which cannot escape notice."

5. The word is D�ke, and it has been of great interest to Socrates and Plato. Do you know the meaning of it?

Answer: Justice, just, fair

The justice was good, it was a virtue, it was related to the law, but D�ke means specifically Justice, and not the others. It is also the word used for the goddess D�ke.

6. This is another word dear to Plato, and all the meaning he gave to it, reaches us today: Epist�me. Which of these best describes it?

Answer: High knowledge, scientific knowledge

Epist�me VS D�xa. High knowledge against vulgar knowledge, science opposed to opinion, the knowledge of the forms against the knowledge of the sensible dimension. It is from this word that the modern discipline epistemology comes, which is the study of scientific knowledge, the discipline that "determines" what is science and what isn't, how science should be applied, etc.

7. Another word deeply developed by Aristotle, in close relation to eudaimon�a, which we saw in an earlier question: Aret�. Can you translate it?

Answer: Virtue, nature, excellence

Every man's aret� is virtue, because it is his nature, and he has to achieve excellence in it, only then he will really possess eudaimon�a (happiness), by practicing virtue with excellence, by fullfilling his aret�.

8. Every cosmologic philosopher wanted to know what it was. Water, said Thales, �peiron said his disciple. Do you know what the arch� is?

Answer: Ultimate cause of everything, constitutional principle, what things are made of

In the beginning there was no real difference between philosophy and physics, for instance. Philosophers were eager to find out what was that, that formed everything, the substance or material that everything was made of, the arch�.

9. Let's stick to the first philosophers; this might be an easy one since it remains in actual words: ph�sis. Do you know what it means?

Answer: Nature

Ph�sis is nature, that's why physics today is the study of nature. But what does nature mean? The anwer to that question is what brings the differences, and with it, philosophy.

10. The word e�dos means, in strict terms, vision. But this was much more complex for Plato; how did he understand this word?

Answer: Idea, form with independent existance

This is the Greek word for what we know as theory of the forms, or theory of the ideas. For Plato these were independent beings, which existed beyond man and nature, and were in a different level of reality, the true level, not in the sensible world. He who reached them had acquired epist�me.

11. Teleology is the conception that everything has a t�los, but do you know what t�los means?

Answer: End, purpose

This was Aristotle's conception. By now you should be able to know that he believed that the telos of every men was happiness, acquired by virtue, which is only achieved by being good.

12. �thos is the word from which ethics come from. But what was the meaning of it for a Greek man?

Answer: Habit, custom

This is one of the reasons why Aristotle considered that being a virtuous man was a habit, not the performance of only one good action, but the habit of always choosing rightly.

13. Ous�a is a fundamental word in every philosophy; do you know what it means?

Answer: Essence, reality, entity

Philosophical questions regarding ous�a include: Is it the soul? Is it what it makes us different from each other? Is there an essence at all?

14. Soph�s is an adjective; who was a soph�s in ancient Greece?

Answer: A wise man

Soph�s is the one who has soph�a, wisdom.

15. And finally, do you know what philosophy means?

Answer: The love of wisdom

I already told you what soph�a means. Philos means friends, or love towards something.

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