Philosophers

Philosopher quiz

Welcome to the philosopher quiz! Test your knowledge of history's greatest thinkers. Who said what? Find out by answering 10 questions about famous philosophers.

Epictetus

Who said this: "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards"?

Who is known to have said: "There is nothing permanent except change"?

"Man is the measure of all things"?

"If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company"?

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it"?

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for"?

"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man"?

"A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free"?

"Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule"?

"When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice"?

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