Les 15 questions du quiz
Question 1 : "I think, therefore I am." — Who is the author of this quote?
Réponses possibles :
- Spinoza
- Descartes
- Pascal
- Leibniz
Explication : Cogito ergo sum, published in Discourse on the Method (1637), is the foundation of Cartesian philosophy.
Question 2 : "Man is a wolf to man." — Who is the author of this quote?
Réponses possibles :
- Locke
- Machiavelli
- Rousseau
- Hobbes
Explication : Homo homini lupus, taken up by Thomas Hobbes in Leviathan (1651), describes the state of nature as a war of all against all.
Question 3 : "The unexamined life is not worth living." — Who is the author?
Réponses possibles :
- Epicurus
- Socrates
- Aristotle
- Plato
Explication : Words spoken by Socrates at his trial, reported by Plato in the Apology of Socrates.
Question 4 : "God is dead." — Who is the author of this statement?
Réponses possibles :
- Sartre
- Marx
- Nietzsche
- Heidegger
Explication : A phrase from The Gay Science (1882) by Friedrich Nietzsche, announcing the end of traditional metaphysical values.
Question 5 : "Hell is other people." — Who wrote this line?
Réponses possibles :
- Sartre
- Camus
- Foucault
- Beauvoir
Explication : The final line of the play No Exit (1944) by Jean-Paul Sartre, often misinterpreted as misanthropy.
Question 6 : "I know that I know nothing." — To whom is this phrase attributed?
Réponses possibles :
- Diogenes
- Socrates
- Aristotle
- Plato
Explication : A Socratic paradox reported by Plato, foundation of the maieutic method: wisdom begins with recognizing one's own ignorance.
Question 7 : "Man is condemned to be free." — Who is the author?
Réponses possibles :
- Camus
- Nietzsche
- Heidegger
- Sartre
Explication : From Existentialism Is a Humanism (1946): even the refusal to choose is a choice.
Question 8 : "The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of." — Who wrote this?
Réponses possibles :
- Montaigne
- Pascal
- La Rochefoucauld
- Descartes
Explication : From the Pensées by Blaise Pascal, this phrase distinguishes the logic of feeling from that of the intellect.
Question 9 : "One must imagine Sisyphus happy." — Who is the author?
Réponses possibles :
- Nietzsche
- Sartre
- Kierkegaard
- Camus
Explication : The final sentence of The Myth of Sisyphus (1942) by Albert Camus: the absurd does not prevent happiness.
Question 10 : "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains." — Who wrote this?
Réponses possibles :
- Diderot
- Voltaire
- Rousseau
- Montesquieu
Explication : Central idea from the Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men (1755) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Question 11 : "What does not kill me makes me stronger." — Who is the author?
Réponses possibles :
- Nietzsche
- Kant
- Schopenhauer
- Hegel
Explication : An aphorism from Twilight of the Idols (1888) by Friedrich Nietzsche, one of the most quoted phrases in the world.
Question 12 : "No man ever steps in the same river twice." — Who is the author?
Réponses possibles :
- Parmenides
- Democritus
- Thales
- Heraclitus
Explication : Heraclitus of Ephesus (6th century BC) illustrates the principle of perpetual change (panta rhei).
Question 13 : "Existence precedes essence." — Who is the author of this formula?
Réponses possibles :
- Heidegger
- Merleau-Ponty
- Sartre
- Camus
Explication : A key formula of Sartrean existentialism: man defines himself through his actions, not by a predetermined nature.
Question 14 : "Science without conscience is but the ruin of the soul." — Who wrote this?
Réponses possibles :
- Montaigne
- Pascal
- Rabelais
- Descartes
Explication : Advice from Gargantua to Pantagruel in the work of François Rabelais (1532), still relevant in the face of technological excesses.
Question 15 : "Happiness is the greatest conquest, the one we make against fate." — Who is the author?
Réponses possibles :
- Camus
- Sartre
- Malraux
- Saint-Exupéry
Explication : From Nuptials (1939) by Albert Camus, this phrase summarizes his philosophy: happiness is an act of resistance.
