On not being a philosopher by Robert, Alt. English, Class 12, prepared by Podmeswar Help Sector

Very Short Answer Questions: 1 Mark

1. Who is the writer of the essay, ‘On Not Being a Philosopher’?
Answer: Robert Lynd is the writer of the essay, ‘On Not Being a Philosopher’.

2. Who was Epictetus?
Answer: Epictetus (pronounced Epic –TEE-tus) was an exponent of Stoicism. He flourished in the early second century C.E. about four hundred years after the Stoic school of Zeno of Citium which was established in Athens. He lived as well as worked first as a student in Rome and after that a teacher in his own school in Nicopolis in Greece.

Short Answer Questions Type-1: 2 Marks

1.Who was Solomon?
Answer: According to the Hebrew Bible, Old Testament, Quran and Hadiths, Solomon was a fabulously wealthy and wise king of the United Kingdom of Israel. He succeeded his father, King David. He was also called Jedidiah.

2. Who did Lynd look to for performing the ‘laborious quest’ for wisdom?
Answer: Lynd looked to the philosophers. He looked for performing the ‘laborious quest’ for wisdom.

3. Whose son is the ‘slave’ who does not bring warm water?
Answer: The son of Zeus is the ‘slave’ who does not bring warm water.

4. Who was Marcus Aurelius?
Answer: Marcus Aurelius was born in 26 April 121 AD. He was a Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors, and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace and stability for the Roman Empire. He served as Roman consul in 140, 145 and 161.

5. Who was Ralph Waldo Emerson?
Answer: Ralph was born on May 25, 1803 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. He was an American essayist lecturer, philosopher and poet. He led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.

6. Who was Zeus?
Answer: Zeus is a fictional character,  god appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. In Greek Mythology, Zeus is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion. He rules as king of the gods of Mount Olympus. His name is cognate with the first element of his Roman equivalent Jupiter. Zeus parents are Cronus and Rhea, spouse is Hera and childrens are Ares and Hebe.

7. Who was Pliny?
Answer: Gaius Plinius Secundus who called Pliny the Elder, was a famous Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, a naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic Naturalis Historia, which became an editorial model for encyclopedias.


Short Answer Questions Type-2: 3 Marks


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