Exam 5: The Philosopher-King: Plato

For Plato, virtue is

Plato could avoid the challenge of sophistic skepticism.

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

Platon  means "wide" in Greek.

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

What Plato meant by Forms is clear.

Plato's Republic is perhaps the most-read work of Western philosophy.

In what way is Plato's Republic a meritocracy? Does this make it a more or less appealing way of organizing society in your view?

The Greek word eidos is sometimes translated as "idea."

"Plato" is the nickname of Aristotle.

Plato founded the Garden.

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.

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

What did Plato think was the "excellence of function for the whole"?

Plato believed that the Sophists could discover truth.

Pericles was an architect who specialized in houses.

Outline Plato's Allegory of the Cave. What do you think is the main lesson that he wished to communicate through this? Do you agree with Plato's views here? Why or why not? Explain your answer.

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

Who developed the example of the Divided Line?

Solon was a lawgiver.