Unit 1. Sec. 3-5 (Greek Philosophy)

What does philosophy mean?

Answer explanation

The Love of Wisdom

Accelerated only: What questions does metaphysics ask? (Check all the apply)

• What can we know?

• How did we get here?

• What is good?

• What exists?

Accelerated only: What questions does epistemology ask?

• Why are we here? (Meaning of life)

• What is pizza?

• What is knowledge?

• What can we know?

Accelerated only: What questions does ethics ask?

• What is good?(What is bad?)

• Why are we here? (Purpose)

• What is knowledge?

• How do we think?

What is the Socratic Problem?

• It takes place through dialogue.

• The asking of questions in order to make someone critically think/reflect

• The fact that Socrates did not write anything, and most of what we know comes from Plato.

• It can lead to appreciating another's viewpoint.

What is the Socratic Method? (Check all that apply)

• It takes place in the form of a dialogue.

• It was Socrates's primary means of teaching (and communication).

• It is the asking of questions in order to get someone to critically think/reflect.

• It is the breakdown of things into its various causes.

Answer explanation

Also, there are benefits of the Socratic method:

*It can help them develop a better argument. 

*It can lead them to appreciate other people’s view/opinions. 

*It could lead them to change their mind, etc.

*It can also help both people involved (Remember what Socrates said about higher truth. Both people can arrive to a higher truth together. )

What happened to Socrates? (Check all that apply)

• He was brought to court on false charges.

• He drank hemlock poison after being condemned.

• He made many enemies.

• He was exiled to China, where he lived the rest of his days.

Where did Plato live?

• Rome

• Sparta

• Ithaca

• Athens

Which was not one of Plato's main ideas?

• The Tripartite Soul

• The Happy Life

• The Republic (Tripartite City)

• Systematic Logic

What are the three parts of the soul according to Plato? (Check all that apply)

• Rational

• Appetitive

• Divine

• Spirited