Summary Quiz 9 (3/24/20)

"Philosophy" in Greek means

• great intellect

• vast intelligence

• love of wisdom

• supreme knowledge

Which is NOT true of the Sophists?

• they traveled from polis to polis

• they were paid to teach

• they taught rhetoric

• they believed in absolute right and wrong

Plato

• was a Sophist

• was critical of the Sophists

• lived long before the Sophists

• lived long after the Sophists were gone

The Socratic method involves

• memorizing important facts

• meditation by one self

• asking questions to get to the truth

• praying for enlightenment

Free speech in Athens was limited following

• the Persian Wars

• the Peloponnesian War

• The Battle of Marathon

• The World War

The Academy was founded by

• Alexander the Great

• Socrates

• Plato

• Aristotle

Which is NOT true?

• Plato wrote down his ideas

• Socrates did not write down his ideas

• Socrates was Plato's teacher

• Aristotle was Plato's teacher

Plato thought that

• women should not have equal rights

• democracy could solve all problems

• by training the mind people could figure out the truth

• Persian culture was superior

Plato wrote

• The Republic

• The Illiad

• The Odyssey

• The Bible

Plato divided society into which three categories?

• peasants, bandits, scoundrels

• democracy, oligarchy, monarchy

• generals, warriors, slaves

• philosopher kings, warriors, everyone else