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How much do you know about great thoughts and big thinkers? Take this quiz to match the philosophers with their famous quotes.Russell was considered an analytic philosopher and pacifist.
In spite of her poor health, Weil was full of philosophical ideas.
Nietzsche's assertion had him branded as an atheist.
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Cavendish's many memorable quotes show that she never lost her wit.
Socrates has some of the most famous quotes in history.
Sartre was well known for his existential views.
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Berkeley also had some influence on the development of calculus.
Confucius taught this "Golden Rule."
Marquis de Sade was a French aristocrat and is the namesake of the word "sadism."
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This Greek philosopher Epicurus expended much energy towards living a happy and peaceful life.
Of course, Beethoven had a vested interest in believing that line of thinking.
Twain cranked out many one-line philosophical rants.
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Lincoln may have been the most philosophical of American presidents
But compared to most people, Socrates actually knew quite a bit about life.
Plato said this. The Greeks had more than their share of great philosophers.
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Aristotle's idea still applies today, long after Athens fell.
By some accounts, St. Augustine was a wild child.
Kant was regarded as one of the most important thinkers of the late 1700s.
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Many of Stein's most famous sayings have religious leanings.
Voltaire wasn't afraid of much of anything, garnering scorning from the established society of his day.
If only Leary were alive today to see how right he was.
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Nietzsche's big ideas cut through a life that was hampered by ill health.
Aquinas was also deeply respected as a member of the Catholic church.
Socrates demonstrated an uncanny grasp on the motivations of human behavior.
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Emerson is renowned for leading the transcendentalist movement.
Hobbes also thought human judgment was flawed and required guidance.
Nietzsche said this. Philosophers that hurl insults are the best kind.
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Thoreau said this. Maybe we should all go looking in the woods.
Pretty music makes a nice cover for dumb ideas, according to Voltaire.
Russell was also a mathematician, where doubt at least sometimes takes a back seat to proof.
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