Aristotle lived in the 4th century BC.
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Aristotle lived in the 4th century BC.
(a) True
(b) False | true |
Dear is Plato, but dearer still is the ______.”
👉 Answer: truth | 👉 Answer: truth |
3. Aristotle tutored Philip the Great.
(a) True
(b) False | false |
Aristotle rejected Plato’s good independent of __________.
(a) health
(b) hope
(c) circumstance
(d) happiness
(e) None | circumstance |
One requirement of happiness:
| Living a life of virtue |
Why isn’t power over others happiness?
| 👉 Answer:
Because it depends on others and doesn’t fulfill your true purpose |
Reason is not innate but __________.
| developed |
. Virtue refers to the __________ of a thing:
(a) potential
(b) excellence
(c) vice
(d) weakness
(e) None | excellence |
Two types of virtue (intellectual & practical):
(a) True
(b) False | true |
Aristotle’s school:
(a) Agora
(b) Academy
(c) Lyceum
(d) Pythagoreum
(e) None | Lyceum |
Happiness is what everyone ultimately wants:
(a) True
(b) False | true |
Aristotle’s ethics focuses on consequences/rules:
(a) True
(b) False | false |
Aristotle’s main ethics book:
(a) Republic
(b) Nichomachean Ethics
(c) Homeric Ethics
(d) Socrates my Socrates
(e) Eudaimonian Ethics | Nichomachean Ethics |
Aristotle’s ethics is teleological:
(a) True
(b) False | true |
Virtue happens without practice:
(a) True
(b) False | false |
Happiness is a quality of a complete __________.
(a) Feeling
(b) Achievement
(c) Life
(d) Success
(e) None | life |
Virtuous life = following appetite:
(a) True
(b) False | false |
Aristotle accepts Plato’s Form of the Good:
(a) True
(b) False | false |
Happiness is self-sufficient, final, and __________.
(a) Intrinsic
(b) Helpful
(c) Attainable
(d) Actual
(e) None | Intrinsic |
Virtue means doing something well according to its purpose.
Example: A good student studies consistently and learns effectively. | xample: A good student studies consistently and learns effectively. |