Exam 5: The Philosopher-King: Plato

Socrates was executed.

How did Plato respond to relativism?

What did Plato think should rule the soul?

For Plato, scientific knowledge of particulars

In what Book of the Republic does Plato s Allegory of the Cave occur?

The moral position that right and wrong can be understood in terms of their effect on something s functions is

Plato s views on the Forms are only of historical interest to us.

Philosopher-kings serve as

What Plato meant by Forms is clear.

The Thirty ruled Athens for a short time.

A Heraclitean world would be devoid of the possibility of certainty, according to Plato.

Plato held that a Heraclitean world would be one of stasis.

Plato believed that he could give the best lecture on an ideal society.

Democracy is the best form of government.

Plato believed that truths about mathematics exist whether we know them or not.

What are the differences between knowledge and opinion, for Plato? How might Plato s views here influence his view of the value of democracy?

How many metaphysical levels of reality were there for Plato?

Outline two differing ways of understanding Plato s theory of the Forms. Which do you think is most persuasive (a) as an account of what Plato wrote, and (b) as an approach to epistemology. Explain your answer.

Pericles was an architect who specialized in houses.

Plato is the nickname of Aristotle.