Political Science Mcqs — Test 117
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Question 1
Specially for Plato’s writings referring to Socrates, it is not always clear which ideas brought forward by Socrates (or his friends) actually belonged to Socrates and which of these may have been new additions or elaborations by Plato- this is known as the:
Question 2
Who stressed that “virtue was the most valuable of all possessions, the ideal life was spent in search of the Good. Truth lies beneath the shadows of existence, and it is the job of the philosopher to show the rest how little they really know”?
Question 3
The idea that human’s possessed certain virtues formed a common thread in:
Question 4
Who believed the best way for people to live was to focus on selfdevelopment rather than the pursuit of material wealth?
Question 5
According to Socrates’ conslusion at the end of the Meno beneficent statesmen are like:
Question 6
The Death of Socrates book was written by:____________?
Question 7
According to Socrates, learning is a kind of:_____________?
Question 8
According to Socrates, the soul is:_____________?
Question 9
What mistake does Socrates eventually reveal in Meno’s definition of virtue as the desire for beautiful things and power to attain them?
Question 10
Socrates uses which examples to demonstrate the idea of a definition?