Trace the lifelines of some of history’s most influential philosophers. This category invites you to explore the significant dates that marked the births and deaths of great thinkers whose ideas continue to resonate. What can the timeline of their lives tell us about the evolution of their thoughts?
Understanding when and where philosophers lived can provide profound context to their writings and ideas. Every philosopher lived during a unique period, shaped by the events and challenges of their time. By studying their life timelines, we gain insight into the environments that influenced their philosophies.
Test your knowledge of these thinkers’ lives and how their personal histories intertwine with their intellectual legacies. Can you match the philosopher with their life timeline and monumental moments?
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In what year did Al-Ghazali die?
22ce
22ce
444ce
444ce
777ce
777ce
1111ce
1111ce
What year saw the birth of John Locke?
1832
1832
1632
1632
1232
1232
1432
1432
What nationality was Thomas Aquinas?
16th
16th
13th
13th
9th
9th
19th
19th
Complete the title of a famous work by Simone de Beauvoir ‘The Second…’?
Woman
Woman
Man
Man
Tier
Tier
Sex
Sex
In what year did Gilles Deleuze write ‘What is Philosophy?’?
2001
2001
1981
1981
1991
1991
1971
1971
In what century did the Philosopher Plotinus live?
3rd
3rd
6th
6th
9th
9th
14th
14th
What was the middle name of Karl Popper?
Liamund
Liamund
Diamond
Diamond
Friamund
Friamund
Raimund
Raimund
Friedrich Nietzsche was born in what decade?
1730s
1730s
1840s
1840s
1770s
1770s
1870s
1870s
Ludwig Wittgenstein was born in which year?
1889
1889
1962
1962
1923
1923
1765
1765
Mao Zedong stated which philosopher was ‘the Philosopher of the people’?
Lao Tzu
Lao Tzu
Confucius
Confucius
Erasmus
Erasmus
Mozi
Mozi
Plotinus was a philosopher from which country?
Italy
Italy
Egypt
Egypt
China
China
India
India
Sun Yat Sen stated which philosopher was ‘the Philosopher of the people’?
Mozi
Mozi
Lao Tzu
Lao Tzu
Confucius
Confucius
Erasmus
Erasmus
What year saw the birth of Plato?
427AD
427AD
42BC
42BC
42AD
42AD
427BC
427BC
Which philosopher was born in 384 BC in Greece?
Plato
Plato
Archimedes
Archimedes
Aristotle
Aristotle
Pythagoras
Pythagoras
In what year did Friedrich Nietzsche die?
1850
1850
1900
1900
1800
1800
1950
1950
What year saw the birth of Immanuel Kant?
1324
1324
1524
1524
1724
1724
1924
1924
In what century did Gilbert Ryle live?
18th
18th
19th
19th
17th
17th
20th
20th
In what year was Confucius born?
200AD
200AD
551BC
551BC
7BC
7BC
1671
1671
In what year did Jean Paul Sartre refuse the Nobel Prize for Literature?
2004
2004
1964
1964
1944
1944
1984
1984
What year marked the birth of Aristotle?
38AD
38AD
38BC
38BC
384BC
384BC
384AD
384AD
What year saw the death of Niccolo Machiavelli?
1927
1927
1327
1327
1527
1527
1727
1727
In which year did Karl Marx die?
1883
1883
1983
1983
1833
1833
1923
1923
What century did David Hume live and work?
17th
17th
19th
19th
18th
18th
16th
16th
What year did Edmund Burke die?
1590
1590
1990
1990
1390
1390
1797
1797
What year saw the birth of Karl Marx?
1618
1618
1818
1818
1718
1718
1918
1918
Where was Ludwig Wittgenstein held as a POW in the first World War?
UK
UK
Spain
Spain
Italy
Italy
France
France
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