quiz 10, “Knowledge and Virtue”, Plato

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Thrasymachus believed justice restrains the strong. (a) True (b) False
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Thrasymachus believed justice restrains the strong. (a) True (b) False
true
The ring makes the wearer immortal. (a) True (b) False
false
One social tendency Plato reacted to:
Moral relativism (or Sophism / power-based morality)
Man is the measure of all things”: (a) Thrasymachus (b) Gorgias (c) Protagoras (d) Glaucon (e) None
Protagoras
Hedonism = __________ is the ultimate good: (a) Fame (b) Wisdom (c) Pleasure (d) Power (e) None
pleasure
Justice = balance/harmony: (a) True (b) False
true
Socrates was mistaken for a Sophist: (a) True (b) False
true
Plato’s most famous work: (a) The Republic (b) The Democracy (c) The State (d) The Symposium (e) The Laches
The Republic
Plato lived in 5th–4th century BC: (a) True (b) False
true
. Main moral question: (a) Happiness (b) Wholesome (c) Courage (d) Justice (e) None
justice
Connection between happiness & justice:
A just person is truly happy because their soul is in harmony
The Good is compared to the: (a) Earth (b) Lightning (c) Stars (d) Moon (e) None of the above
None of the above
Unjust person/state = state of: (a) Harmony (b) Rebellion (c) Hopelessness (d) Poverty (e) None
rebellion
Class matching appetites:
workers/labor class
Knowledge of the Good = virtue of: (a) Courage (b) Temperance (c) Piety (d) Wisdom
wisdom
Temperance orders pleasures/pains: (a) True (b) False
true
Justice depends on other virtues: (a) True (b) False
true
Plato’s view of happiness:
Happiness comes from a well-ordered soul where reason controls desires