What does this Latin phrase mean, and who said it?

"I think, therefore I am" by René Descartes

Which statement best describes the Socratic Method?

Asking probing questions to examine beliefs and uncover contradictions

Match the philosophers to their nationality:

Kant - German / Confucius - Chinese / Camus - French-Algerian / Hume - Scottish

The Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan developed his work around what topic exactly?

Media and communication technologies

What were the three classes in Plato's ideal republic?

Guardians, Auxiliaries, and Workers

Thomas Hobbes argued that without a social contract and a sovereign authority, human life would be…

Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short

In logic, what is an ad hominem fallacy?

Attacking the person instead of addressing their argument

Complete the statement: Jean-Jacques Rousseau's concept of the 'general will' suggests that legitimate political authority comes not from a monarch or an elite, but from…

The collective will of the people

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