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Leaving Cert Religious Education: Sophists & key philosophy moments
How often Sophists & key philosophy moments comes up on the Religious Education papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.
HL Asked on 4 of the last 9 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025.
Quick ones on Sophists & key philosophy moments.
- Augustine of Hippo
- Thomas Aquinas
- Jean-Paul Sartre
- A return to ancient Greek myths
- Obedience to church authority above all
- Human reason over tradition and authority
- Relativism: truth depends on the person
- The gods measure human worth
- Absolute moral truth exists for all
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(a) Thomas Aquinas
(b) Human reason over tradition and authority
(c) Relativism: truth depends on the person
Higher Level
Asked on 4 of the last 9 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025.
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2025 | A1 |
| 2024 | Not asked |
| 2023 | Not asked |
| 2022 | Not asked |
| 2021 | A2 |
| 2019 | A1 |
| 2018 | A2 |
| 2017 | Not asked |
| 2016 | Not asked |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.
More Sophists & key philosophy moments questions
Sophists & key philosophy moments, 2 marks
Thales of Miletus, often called the first Greek philosopher, said everything is made from…
- Numbers
- Atoms of fire
- Water
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Water
Before Socrates, the first philosophers asked what the world is made of and looked for natural rather than mythical explanations. Thales' answer was water; others proposed air, fire or atoms.