A small quiz for your revision that is a bit of fun….work out which philosopher in each series is the odd one out, and why. I will put the answers right at the bottom – don’t scroll down just yet!
- Hume, Paley, Kant.
- Plato, Socrates, Aquinas, Aristotle
- Aquinas, Averroes, Anselm, Augustine
- Mitchell, Flew, Hare, Wittgenstein
- Boethius, St Cyril, Aristotle, St Augustine
- Hume, Paley, Kant. – Paley because he argued FOR not against the design argument.
- Plato, Socrates, Aquinas, Aristotle – Aquinas because he was not Ancient Greek.
- Aquinas, Averroes, Anselm, Augustine – Averroes because he was an Islamic, not Christian scholar.
- Mitchell, Flew, Hare, Wittgenstein –Wittgenstein because he was not at the University debate.
- Boethius, St Cyril, Aristotle, St Augustine – Aristotle because he did not live in the Roman Empire.