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WorksheetsPlato and Aristotle
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who did Aristotle teach?
Emperor Hadrian
Alexander the Great
Pythagoras
Plato
Why is so little known about Socrates?
he was very private
he talked to a lot of people
he never wrote anything down
he was shy
What does the word "Philosopher" mean?
lover of wisdom
smart thinker
brave one
wise one
What was the idea behind Plato's Cave theory?
that people are sometimes are trapped without real understanding.
the people should hide in a cave to get away from other people.
Answers are always found in a cave.
seek to find the truth
How was Aristotle's thinking different from Socrates?
more scientific
believed in enlightenment
believed in seeking truth
believed people will never understand the world
Which philosopher studied at Plato's Academy?
Socrates
Aristotle
Alexander the Great
Heraclitus
What method was used to develop critical thinking and identify assumptions in debate?
Platonic method
Aristotelian method
Socratic method
Philosophical method
Plato had the idea of "Philosopher King Theory." What was this theory?
All people were good in the world and contributed to society.
Rulers should be the one's seeking truth and justice or vice versa.
Socrates was the king of philosophy
Plato was the king of philosophy.
Aristotle believed that the only way to truly experience the world around us was through:
Our senses
Our reason
Our knowledge
Our instinct
How did Aristotle believe we could deduce what makes things what they are?
By seeing the characteristics of particular things in order to create a general idea of what makes it different from other things
By observing their forms in their ideal representation and thus understanding their nature
By having innate knowledge of what those particular things are
By guessing what things are
Aristotle accounts for motion and change in the physical world with the concept of...
(a)
According to Aristotle, what is the telos?
the way something changes
the shape or features of a thing
the purpose or reason for a thing
the thing that it is
Plato believed that we are born with an ability to comprehend concepts such as virtue, justice, beauty and good.
True
False
Plato was a
Rationalist
Empiricist
Materialist
Monist
The analogy/allegory of the cave explains...
the importance of philosophy
the difference between empirical knowledge and knowledge from of the Forms
the importance of questioning the 'information' we are given
The dangers of challenging people's perceptions of truth
All of the above
How does the Prime mover bring about change in the world?
By attraction
By persuasion
By example
By force
