Philosophy test

Wolfenstein · January 28th, 2006, 01:33 PM

Here is a philosophy test for the fun of it.

http://www.selectsmart.com/PHILOSOPHY/

I want to know that kind of people hang out here.

Here is my result

1. Ayn Rand (100%)
2. Aristotle (99%)
3. John Stuart Mill (93%)
4. Plato (86%)
5. Aquinas (83%)
6. Jeremy Bentham (82%)
7. David Hume (78%)
8. Epicureans (76%)
9. Thomas Hobbes (76%)
10. St. Augustine (71%)
11. Nietzsche (68%)
12. Cynics (67%)
13. Kant (63%)
14. Jean-Paul Sartre (62%)
15. Spinoza (57%)
16. Stoics (48%)
17. Prescriptivism (46%)
18. Nel Noddings (41%)
19. Ockham (32%)

Dark Lord · January 28th, 2006, 08:17 PM

Here are my results:

1. Aquinas (100%)
2. Stoics (96%)
3. Aristotle (84%)
4. Spinoza (78%)
5. Cynics (78%)
6. Epicureans (78%)
7. Nietzsche (77%)
8. Jean-Paul Sartre (76%)
9. Ayn Rand (74%)
10. Kant (72%)
11. John Stuart Mill (67%)
12. David Hume (64%)
13. Thomas Hobbes (62%)
14. Jeremy Bentham (59%)
15. Ockham (50%)
16. Plato (49%)
17. St. Augustine (45%)
18. Prescriptivism (43%)
19. Nel Noddings (40%)

dargormudshark · January 29th, 2006, 01:03 AM

1. Ayn Rand (100%) Click here for info
2. Nietzsche (78%) Click here for info
3. Stoics (66%) Click here for info
4. David Hume (64%) Click here for info
5. Aristotle (56%) Click here for info
6. Jean-Paul Sartre (56%) Click here for info
7. Kant (55%) Click here for info
8. Thomas Hobbes (52%) Click here for info
9. Spinoza (49%) Click here for info
10. Aquinas (47%) Click here for info
11. John Stuart Mill (44%) Click here for info
12. Cynics (42%) Click here for info
13. Plato (42%) Click here for info
14. Epicureans (41%) Click here for info
15. St. Augustine (33%) Click here for info
16. Prescriptivism (31%) Click here for info
17. Jeremy Bentham (29%) Click here for info
18. Ockham (24%) Click here for info
19. Nel Noddings (10%) Click here for info

Etter · January 29th, 2006, 05:50 AM

1. St. Augustine (100%) Click here for info
2. Kant (86%) Click here for info
3. Spinoza (77%) Click here for info
4. Aquinas (76%) Click here for info
5. Jean-Paul Sartre (76%) Click here for info
6. Ayn Rand (68%) Click here for info
7. Stoics (64%) Click here for info
8. Jeremy Bentham (62%) Click here for info
9. Prescriptivism (62%) Click here for info
10. John Stuart Mill (59%) Click here for info
11. Ockham (53%) Click here for info
12. Plato (52%) Click here for info
13. Nel Noddings (50%) Click here for info
14. Nietzsche (49%) Click here for info
15. Aristotle (46%) Click here for info
16. Cynics (43%) Click here for info
17. David Hume (37%) Click here for info
18. Epicureans (19%) Click here for info
19. Thomas Hobbes (13%) Click here for info

i'm not really into philosophy yet (i'm doing theology first) but maybe this is a good starting point for reading, thx!

Occam's Razor · January 29th, 2006, 01:33 PM

I should reconsider my nickname...

1. Jeremy Bentham (100%) Click here for info2. Aquinas (94%) Click here for info3. John Stuart Mill (94%) Click here for info4. Aristotle (92%) Click here for info5. Jean-Paul Sartre (91%) Click here for info6. Ayn Rand (87%) Click here for info7. Kant (85%) Click here for info8. Spinoza (80%) Click here for info9. Plato (70%) Click here for info10. St. Augustine (64%) Click here for info11. Stoics (63%) Click here for info12. David Hume (57%) Click here for info13. Prescriptivism (57%) Click here for info14. Cynics (54%) Click here for info15. Nietzsche (52%) Click here for info16. Ockham (47%) Click here for info17. Nel Noddings (43%) Click here for info18. Epicureans (38%) Click here for info19. Thomas Hobbes (36%) Click here for info

coolsnow7 · January 29th, 2006, 06:36 PM

And me... I didn't know you could agree with Ayn Rand and Nietzsche at the same time

1. Nietzsche (100%)
2. Ayn Rand (80%)
3. Spinoza (79%)
4. David Hume (74%)
5. Stoics (74%)
6. Jean-Paul Sartre (67%)
7. Thomas Hobbes (58%)
8. Aquinas (52%)
9. Kant (51%)
10. Plato (49%)
11. St. Augustine (49%)
12. Cynics (46%)
13. Epicureans (46%)
14. Aristotle (44%)
15. Prescriptivism (40%)
16. Ockham (37%) Click
17. John Stuart Mill (32%)
18. Jeremy Bentham (24%)
19. Nel Noddings (20%)

Soul of Ice · January 29th, 2006, 09:48 PM

Man, I got too board to finish the quiz. I wonder what that tells about me.

karpsmom · January 30th, 2006, 02:07 AM

1. Nietzsche (100%) Click here for info
2. Spinoza (91%) Click here for info
3. Thomas Hobbes (88%) Click here for info
4. Jean-Paul Sartre (87%) Click here for info
5. Epicureans (87%) Click here for info
6. David Hume (83%) Click here for info
7. Aquinas (82%) Click here for info
8. Ayn Rand (70%) Click here for info
9. Stoics (69%) Click here for info
10. John Stuart Mill (68%) Click here for info
11. Plato (68%) Click here for info
12. Cynics (62%) Click here for info
13. Aristotle (62%) Click here for info
14. St. Augustine (51%) Click here for info
15. Kant (50%) Click here for info
16. Nel Noddings (49%) Click here for info
17. Prescriptivism (46%) Click here for info
18. Jeremy Bentham (41%) Click here for info
19. Ockham (40%) Click here for info

Widderslainte · January 30th, 2006, 03:09 PM

I took this quiz once before about 2 years ago I think. It's interesting, because Ayn Rand is still at the top, but the other one's have changed, Nietzsche used to be my second I think. Either way interesting.

1. Ayn Rand (100%) Click here for info
2. Jean-Paul Sartre (87%) Click here for info
3. David Hume (79%) Click here for info
4. Nietzsche (77%) Click here for info
5. Thomas Hobbes (75%) Click here for info
6. Cynics (67%) Click here for info
7. Kant (55%) Click here for info
8. Stoics (54%) Click here for info
9. Epicureans (50%) Click here for info
10. Prescriptivism (50%) Click here for info
11. John Stuart Mill (47%) Click here for info
12. Spinoza (39%) Click here for info
13. Aristotle (38%) Click here for info
14. Plato (36%) Click here for info
15. Jeremy Bentham (35%) Click here for info
16. St. Augustine (27%) Click here for info
17. Aquinas (22%) Click here for info
18. Ockham (19%) Click here for info
19. Nel Noddings (13%) Click here for info

Quote:

Originally Posted by coolsnow7

And me... I didn't know you could agree with Ayn Rand and Nietzsche at the same time

well, you'd be surprised. Nietzsche is one of the few philosophers Ayn Rand talked about in a positive manner (him and Aristotle) otherwise she had serious problems with most other philosophers. The similarities with Nietzche, are basically the idea of the "superman" in Nietzche who rises above the ways of others to establish themselves as an individual and a new wave, sort of creating their own new moral code. That was a pretty crude description, but I think looking at that, the similarities seem pretty obvious. Because Ayn Rand is all about the true hero and such.

coolsnow7 · January 30th, 2006, 08:27 PM

Dude - one's Subjectivism, one's Objectivism.

Øjeblikket · January 31st, 2006, 10:50 AM

nevermind the diversion...

some interesting philosophical essays can be found here:

http://processpsychology.com/Unconscious.html

I'm particularly fond of this discussion

http://www.processpsychology.com/Dasein.htm

an excerpt

Quote:

For Heidegger, authenticity is a uniquely temporal structure and a process of unfolding possibility. It is a state of being that is active, congruent, contemplative, dynamic, and teleological--an agency burgeoning with quiescent potentiality (Guignon, 1984, 1993). As such, authenticity is the process of becoming one's possibilities; and by nature it is idiosyncratic and uniquely subjective. Generally we might say that selfhood vacillates between authentic and inauthentic modes, that it tarries with genuine inauthenticity only to find itself genuinely authentic. Selfhood therefore participates in many forms on its acclivity toward the apprehension of its possibilities and ontological priorities that constitute its Being. Perhaps selfhood is beyond this antithetical distinction; it merely is what it is. Perhaps authenticity is beyond the individual; for it ultimately belongs to the ontology that constitutes Being itself.

It is from this perspective that I esteem being as a Becoming [of self].

Widderslainte · January 31st, 2006, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coolsnow7

Dude - one's Subjectivism, one's Objectivism.

That doesn't mean their can't be similarities. This "hero" idea Nietzche had that was certainly an influence on Ayn Rand. She does not like his subjectivism, you're right. But she DOES like the idea of a hero, and likes the way Nietzche talks about the idea of a hero. And besides, this test was purely ethics, not metaphysics and other things. Both of them have the idea of a "hero" as an essential part of their ethical philosophies, despite the objectivism or subjectivism.

SupersonicRobotic · February 1st, 2006, 05:23 PM

a world with no philosophy
none of the answers satisfied me.
the savage mind is total, not fragmented into such nonsense.

coolsnow7 · February 1st, 2006, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Widderslainte

That doesn't mean their can't be similarities. This "hero" idea Nietzche had that was certainly an influence on Ayn Rand. She does not like his subjectivism, you're right. But she DOES like the idea of a hero, and likes the way Nietzche talks about the idea of a hero. And besides, this test was purely ethics, not metaphysics and other things. Both of them have the idea of a "hero" as an essential part of their ethical philosophies, despite the objectivism or subjectivism.

Yes, I know they had many simimlar ideas, but I'm saying you can't agree with both on a question about, say, what defines morality. And while I didn't get a 100% for both, 80% is pretty close. Besides, I had thought that my answers would have gotten me no agreement with Nietzche.

Widderslainte · February 6th, 2006, 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coolsnow7

Yes, I know they had many simimlar ideas, but I'm saying you can't agree with both on a question about, say, what defines morality. And while I didn't get a 100% for both, 80% is pretty close. Besides, I had thought that my answers would have gotten me no agreement with Nietzche.

That is wierd. But what I think is even wierder is that I agreed with both Sartre and Rand. Sartre was a communist for christ's sake!

coolsnow7 · February 6th, 2006, 08:11 PM

Wow you win.

Khaos_McDoom · February 7th, 2006, 04:37 AM

1. Jean-Paul Sartre (100%) Click here for info
2. Nietzsche (80%) Click here for info
3. David Hume (78%) Click here for info
4. Spinoza (71%) Click here for info
5. Kant (66%) Click here for info
6. Stoics (60%) Click here for info
7. Aquinas (53%) Click here for info
8. Ayn Rand (53%) Click here for info
9. Aristotle (51%) Click here for info
10. St. Augustine (48%) Click here for info
11. John Stuart Mill (47%) Click here for info
12. Thomas Hobbes (46%) Click here for info
13. Jeremy Bentham (39%) Click here for info
14. Nel Noddings (38%) Click here for info
15. Ockham (38%) Click here for info
16. Cynics (37%) Click here for info
17. Epicureans (33%) Click here for info
18. Plato (30%) Click here for info
19. Prescriptivism (30%) Click here for info

Skepticismistic · November 8th, 2009, 01:53 PM

live!
I took this fast, apparently I'm 100% cynic :P

1. Cynics (100%)
2. Jean-Paul Sartre (96%)
3. Nel Noddings (94%)
4. Jeremy Bentham (90%)
5. Thomas Hobbes (90%)
6. Nietzsche (81%)
7. Epicureans (80%)
8. David Hume (69%)
9. John Stuart Mill (67%)
10. Ayn Rand (65%)
11. Stoics (52%)
12. Kant (49%)
13. Aquinas (42%)
14. Prescriptivism (41%)
15. Aristotle (39%)
16. St. Augustine (28%)
17. Spinoza (26%)
18. Ockham (22%)
19. Plato (22%)

ThoughtLeech · December 28th, 2009, 03:33 PM

1. Jean-Paul Sartre (100%)
2. Jeremy Bentham (71%)
3. Spinoza (70%)
4. Kant (59%)
5. Stoics (50%)
6. Aquinas (49%)
7. Thomas Hobbes (49%)
8. Prescriptivism (46%)
9. Epicureans (46%)
10. John Stuart Mill (45%)
11. Ayn Rand (40%)
12. Nel Noddings (40%)
13. Aristotle (39%)
14. David Hume (31%)
15. Nietzsche (31%)
16. St. Augustine (28%)
17. Plato (27%)
18. Cynics (20%)
19. Ockham (16%)

thinkingplague · March 13th, 2010, 03:39 AM

1. John Stuart Mill (100%)
2. Kant (100%)
3. Aquinas (96%)
4. Stoics (86%)
5. Aristotle (84%)
6. Jeremy Bentham (83%)
7. Spinoza (80%)
8. St. Augustine (67%)
9. Ayn Rand (66%)
10. Cynics (66%)
11. Prescriptivism (66%)
12. Ockham (60%)
13. Epicureans (54%)
14. Jean-Paul Sartre (48%)
15. Plato (48%)
16. David Hume (42%)
17. Nel Noddings (42%)
18. Nietzsche (36%)
19. Thomas Hobbes (25%)

I'm not much into philosophy although I read some of my father's books, but it seems that Kant is right up my alley. Or perhaps I'm right up at his.

January 28th, 2006, 01:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
Wolfenstein Hardcore objectivist Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Karlstad, Sweden Posts: 12	Philosophy test Here is a philosophy test for the fun of it. http://www.selectsmart.com/PHILOSOPHY/ I want to know that kind of people hang out here. Here is my result 1. Ayn Rand (100%) 2. Aristotle (99%) 3. John Stuart Mill (93%) 4. Plato (86%) 5. Aquinas (83%) 6. Jeremy Bentham (82%) 7. David Hume (78%) 8. Epicureans (76%) 9. Thomas Hobbes (76%) 10. St. Augustine (71%) 11. Nietzsche (68%) 12. Cynics (67%) 13. Kant (63%) 14. Jean-Paul Sartre (62%) 15. Spinoza (57%) 16. Stoics (48%) 17. Prescriptivism (46%) 18. Nel Noddings (41%) 19. Ockham (32%)

January 28th, 2006, 08:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dark Lord Reincarnation of Yourself Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Beirut, Lebanon Posts: 153	Here are my results: 1. Aquinas (100%) 2. Stoics (96%) 3. Aristotle (84%) 4. Spinoza (78%) 5. Cynics (78%) 6. Epicureans (78%) 7. Nietzsche (77%) 8. Jean-Paul Sartre (76%) 9. Ayn Rand (74%) 10. Kant (72%) 11. John Stuart Mill (67%) 12. David Hume (64%) 13. Thomas Hobbes (62%) 14. Jeremy Bentham (59%) 15. Ockham (50%) 16. Plato (49%) 17. St. Augustine (45%) 18. Prescriptivism (43%) 19. Nel Noddings (40%)

January 29th, 2006, 01:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
dargormudshark Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: houston,Tx Posts: 3,790	1. Ayn Rand (100%) Click here for info 2. Nietzsche (78%) Click here for info 3. Stoics (66%) Click here for info 4. David Hume (64%) Click here for info 5. Aristotle (56%) Click here for info 6. Jean-Paul Sartre (56%) Click here for info 7. Kant (55%) Click here for info 8. Thomas Hobbes (52%) Click here for info 9. Spinoza (49%) Click here for info 10. Aquinas (47%) Click here for info 11. John Stuart Mill (44%) Click here for info 12. Cynics (42%) Click here for info 13. Plato (42%) Click here for info 14. Epicureans (41%) Click here for info 15. St. Augustine (33%) Click here for info 16. Prescriptivism (31%) Click here for info 17. Jeremy Bentham (29%) Click here for info 18. Ockham (24%) Click here for info 19. Nel Noddings (10%) Click here for info

January 29th, 2006, 05:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
Etter Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Holland Posts: 89	1. St. Augustine (100%) Click here for info 2. Kant (86%) Click here for info 3. Spinoza (77%) Click here for info 4. Aquinas (76%) Click here for info 5. Jean-Paul Sartre (76%) Click here for info 6. Ayn Rand (68%) Click here for info 7. Stoics (64%) Click here for info 8. Jeremy Bentham (62%) Click here for info 9. Prescriptivism (62%) Click here for info 10. John Stuart Mill (59%) Click here for info 11. Ockham (53%) Click here for info 12. Plato (52%) Click here for info 13. Nel Noddings (50%) Click here for info 14. Nietzsche (49%) Click here for info 15. Aristotle (46%) Click here for info 16. Cynics (43%) Click here for info 17. David Hume (37%) Click here for info 18. Epicureans (19%) Click here for info 19. Thomas Hobbes (13%) Click here for info i'm not really into philosophy yet (i'm doing theology first) but maybe this is a good starting point for reading, thx!

January 29th, 2006, 01:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
Occam's Razor Andreas - LotFP Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Ste-Adèle, Quebec Posts: 1,142	I should reconsider my nickname... 1. Jeremy Bentham (100%) Click here for info2. Aquinas (94%) Click here for info3. John Stuart Mill (94%) Click here for info4. Aristotle (92%) Click here for info5. Jean-Paul Sartre (91%) Click here for info6. Ayn Rand (87%) Click here for info7. Kant (85%) Click here for info8. Spinoza (80%) Click here for info9. Plato (70%) Click here for info10. St. Augustine (64%) Click here for info11. Stoics (63%) Click here for info12. David Hume (57%) Click here for info13. Prescriptivism (57%) Click here for info14. Cynics (54%) Click here for info15. Nietzsche (52%) Click here for info16. Ockham (47%) Click here for info17. Nel Noddings (43%) Click here for info18. Epicureans (38%) Click here for info19. Thomas Hobbes (36%) Click here for info

January 29th, 2006, 06:36 PM	#6 (permalink)
coolsnow7 Raining Blood Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 886	And me... I didn't know you could agree with Ayn Rand and Nietzsche at the same time 1. Nietzsche (100%) 2. Ayn Rand (80%) 3. Spinoza (79%) 4. David Hume (74%) 5. Stoics (74%) 6. Jean-Paul Sartre (67%) 7. Thomas Hobbes (58%) 8. Aquinas (52%) 9. Kant (51%) 10. Plato (49%) 11. St. Augustine (49%) 12. Cynics (46%) 13. Epicureans (46%) 14. Aristotle (44%) 15. Prescriptivism (40%) 16. Ockham (37%) Click 17. John Stuart Mill (32%) 18. Jeremy Bentham (24%) 19. Nel Noddings (20%)

January 29th, 2006, 09:48 PM	#7 (permalink)
Soul of Ice Rusted Angel Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Yonkers Posts: 1,178	Man, I got too board to finish the quiz. I wonder what that tells about me.

January 30th, 2006, 02:07 AM	#8 (permalink)
karpsmom Focus! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 1,382	1. Nietzsche (100%) Click here for info 2. Spinoza (91%) Click here for info 3. Thomas Hobbes (88%) Click here for info 4. Jean-Paul Sartre (87%) Click here for info 5. Epicureans (87%) Click here for info 6. David Hume (83%) Click here for info 7. Aquinas (82%) Click here for info 8. Ayn Rand (70%) Click here for info 9. Stoics (69%) Click here for info 10. John Stuart Mill (68%) Click here for info 11. Plato (68%) Click here for info 12. Cynics (62%) Click here for info 13. Aristotle (62%) Click here for info 14. St. Augustine (51%) Click here for info 15. Kant (50%) Click here for info 16. Nel Noddings (49%) Click here for info 17. Prescriptivism (46%) Click here for info 18. Jeremy Bentham (41%) Click here for info 19. Ockham (40%) Click here for info

January 30th, 2006, 08:27 PM	#10 (permalink)
coolsnow7 Raining Blood Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 886	Dude - one's Subjectivism, one's Objectivism.

February 1st, 2006, 05:23 PM	#13 (permalink)
SupersonicRobotic running with the hunted Join Date: May 2002 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 109	a world with no philosophy none of the answers satisfied me. the savage mind is total, not fragmented into such nonsense.

February 6th, 2006, 08:11 PM	#16 (permalink)
coolsnow7 Raining Blood Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 886	Wow you win.

February 7th, 2006, 04:37 AM	#17 (permalink)
Khaos_McDoom The what now? Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 85	1. Jean-Paul Sartre (100%) Click here for info 2. Nietzsche (80%) Click here for info 3. David Hume (78%) Click here for info 4. Spinoza (71%) Click here for info 5. Kant (66%) Click here for info 6. Stoics (60%) Click here for info 7. Aquinas (53%) Click here for info 8. Ayn Rand (53%) Click here for info 9. Aristotle (51%) Click here for info 10. St. Augustine (48%) Click here for info 11. John Stuart Mill (47%) Click here for info 12. Thomas Hobbes (46%) Click here for info 13. Jeremy Bentham (39%) Click here for info 14. Nel Noddings (38%) Click here for info 15. Ockham (38%) Click here for info 16. Cynics (37%) Click here for info 17. Epicureans (33%) Click here for info 18. Plato (30%) Click here for info 19. Prescriptivism (30%) Click here for info

November 8th, 2009, 01:53 PM	#18 (permalink)
Skepticismistic Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3	live! I took this fast, apparently I'm 100% cynic :P 1. Cynics (100%) 2. Jean-Paul Sartre (96%) 3. Nel Noddings (94%) 4. Jeremy Bentham (90%) 5. Thomas Hobbes (90%) 6. Nietzsche (81%) 7. Epicureans (80%) 8. David Hume (69%) 9. John Stuart Mill (67%) 10. Ayn Rand (65%) 11. Stoics (52%) 12. Kant (49%) 13. Aquinas (42%) 14. Prescriptivism (41%) 15. Aristotle (39%) 16. St. Augustine (28%) 17. Spinoza (26%) 18. Ockham (22%) 19. Plato (22%)

December 28th, 2009, 03:33 PM	#19 (permalink)
ThoughtLeech That Guy Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA Posts: 81	1. Jean-Paul Sartre (100%) 2. Jeremy Bentham (71%) 3. Spinoza (70%) 4. Kant (59%) 5. Stoics (50%) 6. Aquinas (49%) 7. Thomas Hobbes (49%) 8. Prescriptivism (46%) 9. Epicureans (46%) 10. John Stuart Mill (45%) 11. Ayn Rand (40%) 12. Nel Noddings (40%) 13. Aristotle (39%) 14. David Hume (31%) 15. Nietzsche (31%) 16. St. Augustine (28%) 17. Plato (27%) 18. Cynics (20%) 19. Ockham (16%)

March 13th, 2010, 03:39 AM	#20 (permalink)
thinkingplague Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8	1. John Stuart Mill (100%) 2. Kant (100%) 3. Aquinas (96%) 4. Stoics (86%) 5. Aristotle (84%) 6. Jeremy Bentham (83%) 7. Spinoza (80%) 8. St. Augustine (67%) 9. Ayn Rand (66%) 10. Cynics (66%) 11. Prescriptivism (66%) 12. Ockham (60%) 13. Epicureans (54%) 14. Jean-Paul Sartre (48%) 15. Plato (48%) 16. David Hume (42%) 17. Nel Noddings (42%) 18. Nietzsche (36%) 19. Thomas Hobbes (25%) I'm not much into philosophy although I read some of my father's books, but it seems that Kant is right up my alley. Or perhaps I'm right up at his.