Exam 5: The Philosopher-King: Plato

Who developed the example of the Divided Line?

You must be a certain age to be the President of the United States.

The presidency of the United States has only four requirements.

Plato offered a dualistic solution to the problem of knowledge.

The lowest level of truth for Plato is

What is discussed in the first book of the Republic ?

Do you agree with Plato s assessment of the epistemological value of imagination. or not? What implications, if any, does your response have for the contemporary debate over whether or not the arts should be (at least in part) publicly funded?

The Forms do not include logical relations.

What is not part of the intelligible world, but part of the visible world?

For Plato, a democratic state is one of constant

What did Plato compare the soul to in the Phaedrus ?

According to Plato, the levels of reality correspond to how many types of people?

How many categories of needs does a just state meet?

Do you believe hat ignorance is bliss ? Why, or why not? Would Plato agree? Do you think that knowledge is always valuable? Argue for your answer, and illustrate it through examples.

Plato believed that knowledge and opinion were the same.

The Greek word eidos is sometimes translated as idea .

Outline Plato s view of reality. Do you agree with his reasoning for this, or not? Explain your answer.

Who held that the greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves ?

Plato believed that the Sophists could discover truth.

Plato wanted the theory of the Forms to provide an explanation of how knowledge is possible.