End of Philosophy Quiz Review

Plato is known for

• wanting to find unchanging truths about abstract things

• wanting to find unchanging truths about all things and recording Socrates teachings.

• not believing women should be educated

• corrupting the youth of Athens and not believing in the gods

Plato is also known for

• being put on trial

• devising a system for biological classification

• writing The Allegory of the Cave

• believing in imperfect models

Aristotle had systems for classifying

• friendship

• living creatures

• language

• all of the above

One difference between Plato and Aristotle is

• Plato believed in educating women and Aristotle did not

• Aristotle believed in educating women and Plato did not

• Plato opened a school, but Aristotle did not

• Plato did not have a well known teacher, but Aristotle did

A similarity between Plato and Aristotle is

• They both believed that everyone should be educated

• They both categorized things

• They both opened a school

• They both believed in perfect forms

Plato wrote (choose all that apply)

• about biological classification

• about perceptions versus reality

• about the "perfect "world

• his student Alexander the Great

Aristotle

• identified and classified animals, minerals, and vegetables

• thought a world of perfect forms made a lot of sense

• taught the youth of Athens to question everything

• did not find the natural world particularly interesting

Socrates is known for

• believing that happiness comes from leading a good life

• not questioning authority

• accepting the status quo

• being wealthy and well dressed

"The only thing I know is that I know nothing" is a famous quote from

• Alexander the Great

• Aristotle

• Plato

• Socrates

Plato (select all that apply)

• believed that good leaders were born, not made

• accepted the fate of Socrates

• wanted to create a change and make sure leaders were educated

• saw the ideal society being ruled by philosophers