Quick Quiz: Do You Know the Basics of Modern Philosophy?

For each question, can you choose the correct philosopher?

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On Dec 14, 2016

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Who said, "I think, therefore I am"?

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Which philosopher said that Nature should be "put on the rack and tortured for her secrets"?

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Which philosopher famously said "The life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short"?

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Whose writings on liberty and the social contract strongly influenced the 'Declaration of Independence'?

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Who famously said that "To be is to be perceived"?

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Who formulated the Categorical Imperative, which held that you should only act in such a way that what you do can be a universal law?

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Who famously described man as a "being-toward-death"?

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Who is known as the founder of utilitarianism?

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Which philosopher famously proclaimed "God is dead"?

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Which thinker said, "The limits of language mean the limits of my world"?

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