Chapter 4 Quiz

. Unlike the Sophists, Plato believes that __________ knowledge is possible.

relative

objective

cultural

natural

. According to Plato's analysis, knowledge is __________ true belief.

objective

necessary

justified

genuine

. According to Plato, we acquire knowledge of reality by way of__________.

sense perception

reasoning

scientific experimentation

the method of hypothesis

. According to Plato, sense perception provides us with __________.

mere opinion

infallible belief

merely relative knowledge

certain knowledge

. For Plato, the greatest Form is the Form of the __________.

Greatest

Best

Good

Virtuous

. Plato argues that the soul is __________.

mortal

immortal

sensible

empirical

. According to Plato's affinity argument, the soul is most akin to __________ things.

dissoluble and non-intelligible

inconstant

uniform and unvarying

multiform

. According to Plato, the process of learning is a process of __________.

memory

calculation

recollection

intuition

. According to Plato, there is/are __________ part(s) of the soul.

one

two

three

four

. Plato rejects the view that the __________ is better off than the __________.

moral person; immoral one

immoral person; moral one

Sophist; politician

politician; Sophist

. In the Republic, Plato argues that the only kind of society that can ensure people get their due is a __________.

meritocracy

democracy

theocracy

plutocracy

. According to Plato, a part of the soul's harmony involves the rational part __________.

motivating a man to act confidently and satisfy basic needs

pushing him to achieve success, honor, and recognition

ruling wisely over appetite and spirit

ensuring a balance among the three parts

. Socrates uses a(n) __________ example to demonstrate the theory of recollection to Meno.

geology

politics

geometry

agriculture

. In the Allegory of the Cave, sunlight represents __________.

metaphysical truth

physical truth

fire

things outside the cave

. As the prisoner makes his way out of the cave, he begins to see that __________.

things like statues are dependent on fire for their reality

things closer to the outside of the cave are more real than those closer to the back

things like statues are dependent on their shadows for reality

the things inside the cave must not have any relation to whatever is outside

. For his republic, Plato envisions an aristocracy of rich, landed, and well born individuals.

True

False

. A harmonious soul is one in which reason rules the other parts.

True

False

. Plato argues that the soul is composed of four parts.

True

False

. The highest and greatest Form is the Form of the Good.

True

False

. According to Plato, all knowledge is innate.

True

False

. Plato conceived of Forms as properties that can be shared by several particular things.

True

False

. The objects of knowledge, according to Plato, are ascertained exclusively through sense experience.

True

False

. In Plato's Republic, Thrasymachus argues that it is better to be just than unjust.

True

False

. Plato argues in favor of democracy.

True

False

. The theory of forms was also defended by Plato's most well-known student, Aristotle.

True

False

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