Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A)  The Good 
B)  Reality 
C)  Truth 
D)  The Sun 
A)  The Good 
B)  Reality 
C)  Truth 
D)  The Sun

Question 2

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?

Accepted Answer

I agree with Plato's assessment of the e

Question 3

What type of knowledge gains no hold on the mind, for Plato?

Accepted Answer

A)  False knowledge 
B)  That acquired under compulsion 
C)  That acquired unjustly 
D)  Scientific knowledge 
A)  False knowledge 
B)  That acquired under compulsion 
C)  That acquired unjustly 
D)  Scientific knowledge

Question 4

What did Plato compare the soul to in the Phaedrus ?

Accepted Answer

A)  A chariot without a horse 
B)  A chariot pulled by two horses 
C)  The sun 
D)  The sun obscured by clouds 
A)  A chariot without a horse 
B)  A chariot pulled by two horses 
C)  The sun 
D)  The sun obscured by clouds

Question 5

Who coined the term "utopia"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Plato 
B)  More 
C)  Cicero 
D)  Aquinas 
A)  Plato 
B)  More 
C)  Cicero 
D)  Aquinas

Question 6

What did Plato compare the absolute Form of the Good to?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Moon 
B)  Mind 
C)  The Sun 
D)  A Philosopher King 
A)  The Moon 
B)  Mind 
C)  The Sun 
D)  A Philosopher King

Question 7

Do you agree with Plato that there can be excessive freedom? Why or why not? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

I agree with Plato that there can be exc

Question 8

For Plato, scientific knowledge of particulars

Accepted Answer

A)  was easy to come by 
B)  was provided by the Forms 
C)  was impossible 
D)  was provided by experience 
A)  was easy to come by 
B)  was provided by the Forms 
C)  was impossible 
D)  was provided by experience

Question 9

Platonic Forms are known through experience.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

How did Plato respond to relativism?

Accepted Answer

A)  He wanted to deny it 
B)  He endorsed it 
C)  He wanted to refute it 
D)  He wanted to prove it 
A)  He wanted to deny it 
B)  He endorsed it 
C)  He wanted to refute it 
D)  He wanted to prove it

Question 11

Philosopher-kings serve as

Accepted Answer

A)  Guardians 
B)  Workers 
C)  Warriors 
D)  Merchants 
A)  Guardians 
B)  Workers 
C)  Warriors 
D)  Merchants

Question 12

How many people have power in a tyranny?

Accepted Answer

A)  1 
B)  3 
C)  5 
D)  7 
A)  1 
B)  3 
C)  5 
D)  7

Question 13

What is discussed in the first book of the Republic ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Art alone 
B)  Justice 
C)  Poetry 
D)  Knowledge alone 
A)  Art alone 
B)  Justice 
C)  Poetry 
D)  Knowledge alone

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What did Plato think should rule the soul?

Accepted Answer

A)  Love 
B)  Justice 
C)  Desire 
D)  Reason 
A)  Love 
B)  Justice 
C)  Desire 
D)  Reason

Question 16

Plato did not believe that Forms actually existed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A)  3 
B)  5 
C)  7 
D)  4 
A)  3 
B)  5 
C)  7 
D)  4

Question 18

Who held that the parable of the Cave was unforgettable?

Accepted Answer

A)  Plato 
B)  Jaspers 
C)  Aristotle 
D)  Marx 
A)  Plato 
B)  Jaspers 
C)  Aristotle 
D)  Marx

Question 19

Plato believed that a corrupt state produces corrupt citizens.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A)  4 
B)  7 
C)  11 
D)  9 
A)  4 
B)  7 
C)  11 
D)  9

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

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?

What type of knowledge gains no hold on the mind, for Plato?

What did Plato compare the soul to in the Phaedrus ?

Who coined the term "utopia"?

What did Plato compare the absolute Form of the Good to?

Do you agree with Plato that there can be excessive freedom? Why or why not? Explain your answer.

For Plato, scientific knowledge of particulars

Platonic Forms are known through experience.

How did Plato respond to relativism?

Philosopher-kings serve as

How many people have power in a tyranny?

What is discussed in the first book of the Republic ?

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

What did Plato think should rule the soul?

Plato did not believe that Forms actually existed.

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

Who held that the parable of the Cave was unforgettable?

Plato believed that a corrupt state produces corrupt citizens.

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

The Asian Sages: Lao-Tzu, Confucius, and Buddha

The Pre-Socratic: Sophos

The Sophist: Protagoras

The Wise Man: Socrates

The Naturalist: Aristotle

The Stoic: Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius

The Scholar: Thomas Aquinas

The Rationalist: René Descartes

The Skeptic: David Hume

The Universalist: Immanuel Kant

The Utilitarian: John Stuart Mill

The Materialist: Karl Marx

The Existentialist: Søren Kierkegaard

The Pragmatist: William James

The Anti-Philosopher: Friedrich Nietzsche

The Twentieth Century: Ludwig Wittgenstein and Martin Heidegger

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Exam 5: The Philosopher-King: Plato

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

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?

What type of knowledge gains no hold on the mind, for Plato?

What did Plato compare the soul to in the Phaedrus ?

Who coined the term "utopia"?

What did Plato compare the absolute Form of the Good to?

Do you agree with Plato that there can be excessive freedom? Why or why not? Explain your answer.

For Plato, scientific knowledge of particulars

Platonic Forms are known through experience.

How did Plato respond to relativism?

Philosopher-kings serve as

How many people have power in a tyranny?

What is discussed in the first book of the Republic ?

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

What did Plato think should rule the soul?

Plato did not believe that Forms actually existed.

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

Who held that the parable of the Cave was unforgettable?

Plato believed that a corrupt state produces corrupt citizens.

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

The Asian Sages: Lao-Tzu, Confucius, and Buddha

The Pre-Socratic: Sophos

The Sophist: Protagoras

The Wise Man: Socrates

The Naturalist: Aristotle

The Stoic: Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius

The Scholar: Thomas Aquinas

The Rationalist: René Descartes

The Skeptic: David Hume

The Universalist: Immanuel Kant

The Utilitarian: John Stuart Mill

The Materialist: Karl Marx

The Existentialist: Søren Kierkegaard

The Pragmatist: William James

The Anti-Philosopher: Friedrich Nietzsche

The Twentieth Century: Ludwig Wittgenstein and Martin Heidegger

Philosophy As a Way of Life

Introduction-Philosophy-And-The-Search-For-Wisdom

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