Thinkers & Big Questions
Ten questions on the people and ideas behind phrases everyone quotes, each explained without the jargon.
About this topic
Philosophy is mostly encountered secondhand, as a quotation on a poster or a term used loosely in an argument. This quiz restores the context: who said the famous line, what the branches are actually studying, and what a categorical imperative or a utilitarian calculation involves in practice. It runs from Socrates through Kant to the existentialists, and steps outside Europe where the tradition does. The explanations put each idea in a sentence of plain English, which is usually all that stood in the way.
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