The Republic True and False Quiz

Plato
. Socrates and the others agree that each individual has a function he or she is naturally best suited to perform in society and should perform that function only.

. They define injustice as a single individual either performing multiple functions or performing a function for which one is not naturally well suited.

. The ship analogy illustrates why the philosopher king does not want to rule.

. The philosopher wants to hold office.

. Mathematical knowledge, according to Socrates, is the highest kind of knowledge.

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