What’s In a Name? Philosopher Edition

Question: ______ Hobbes
Answer: English philosopher Thomas Hobbes was best known for his political philosophy.
Question: ______ Aquinas
Answer: Saint Thomas Aquinas was an Italian Dominican theologian, the foremost medieval Scholastic.
Question: ______ Nietzsche
Answer: German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche thought through the consequences of the triumph of the Enlightenment’s secularism, expressed in his observation that “God is dead."
Question: ______ Kant
Answer: German philosopher Immanuel Kant was one of the most influential philosophers of all time.
Question: ______ Descartes
Answer: French philosopher René Descartes has been called the father of modern philosophy.
Question: ______ Butler
Answer: American philosopher Judith Butler’s theories of the performative nature of gender and sex were influential in modern feminism.
Question: ______ Hume
Answer: Scottish philosopher David Hume was known especially for his philosophical empiricism and skepticism.
Question: ______ Bacon
Answer: Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon to you, was an English statesman, lawyer, and philosopher.
David Hume in the background St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland. Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, known especially for his philosophical empiricism and skepticism.
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