CLT Philosophy and Worldview 2

Question 1

Plato's Allegory of the Cave primarily illustrates which philosophical distinction?

Accepted Answer

The difference between appearance and reality

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The conflict between emotion and reason

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The superiority of democracy over tyranny

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The relationship between body and soul

Question 2

Aristotle's concept of the 'golden mean' holds that virtue is best understood as?

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A balance between two extremes of excess and deficiency

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The highest possible moral achievement

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Strict adherence to divine commandments

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A natural disposition present from birth

Question 3

Pre-Socratic philosophers were primarily concerned with which question?

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What is the fundamental substance or principle (arche) underlying all reality?

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How should a citizen participate in democracy?

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What is the nature of the soul after death?

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How can humans attain political virtue?

Question 4

When Aristotle calls humans 'political animals' (zoon politikon), he means?

Accepted Answer

Humans are naturally suited for life in a political community (polis)

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Humans are naturally power-seeking and manipulative

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Humans must be coerced into forming governments

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Human nature is defined by war and conflict

Question 5

Which Socratic concept holds that virtue is a form of knowledge, and wrongdoing results from ignorance?

Accepted Answer

Socratic intellectualism

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Eudaimonia

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Episteme

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The Doctrine of Recollection

Question 6

The Platonic Form of the Good occupies what role in Plato's metaphysics?

Accepted Answer

It is the highest Form, the source of truth and being for all other Forms

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It is one Form among many, governing ethical decisions

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It is an ideal political constitution existing in the heavens

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It is the Form corresponding to pleasure and happiness

Question 7

Heraclitus is best associated with which philosophical claim?

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All things are in constant flux and change

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Reality is fundamentally static and unchanging

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The atom is the basic unit of all matter

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Knowledge is impossible because the senses deceive us