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20 Cards in this Set
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Who wrote “The Republic?” When was it written?
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Plato, a student of Socrates, wrote this dialogue in about 390BC.
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Who were the two main opponents of the Peloponnesian War?
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Sparta and Athens
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In the Peloponnesian War, what was the strength of the Spartans? Of Athens? Who won the war?
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Sparta’s strength was its army. Athens was its navy. Sparta won the war and overthrew the democratic government that Athens had. Tyranny began but was eventually overthrown.
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Socrates death was central to what underlying problem which motivated Plato to write “The Republic”?
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Injustice
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Events following from Peloponnesian War provided the backdrop for the last years of whose life, and laid the context for his trial and death?
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Socrates
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What is meant by the “Socratic method”?
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It is a method that provokes discussion by questions or a series of questions which would help the person being questioned to have a clearer understanding. It also is to show shortcomings of the person’s shortcomings. This is done in a public forum.
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T or F? The way Socrates applied the Socratic method (or on whom he practiced it) played a part in his trial and death.
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True
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What is the difference between how we know about Socrates views vs. how we know about Plato’s?
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Most of Socrate’s views are expressed thru Plato’s writings. Plato’s views get expressed in some of Plato’s later writings, including “The Republic?”
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What is Plato's favorite literary form and what does this form involve?
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The form is dialogue and involves several characters exploring a given topic by asking one another questions.
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Who is the principal character/voice in the dialogue The Republi? Whose views are being expressed through this character?
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Socrates is the principal voice but views are Plato’s.
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What question starts the whole dialogue in The Republic?
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“What is justice?”
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Why is justice an issue for Plato?
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It’s an issue because of all the injustice that was taking place at the time.
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What are Plato’s views on the nature of reality?
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Plato thought that reality that we see around us is only a vague reflection of a greater world, which is the spiritual.
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The Allegory of the Cave and the metaphor of the Broken Line have to do with what relationship?
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The relationship between what we experience with our senses (like a seeing a desk) and ideal forms (like what we perceive is an ideal “perfect” form of a desk).
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According to Plato, how do we experience each level of reality?
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Through our senses vs. through the intellect
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The philosopher is someone who is not satisfied with what?
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Mere appearances of things (what we experience through the senses). He strives to know the ideal.
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For Plato the highest level of knowledge is knowledge of what?
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The Good.
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How does Plato use the metaphor of sight (object/eye/sun) to explain the relationship between the Good and other objects of knowledge?
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Plato uses the metaphor of sight to explain the difference between knowledge and opinion.
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According to Platao, who is person best suited to rule?
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The person who has the Philosopher’s goal of knowledge of the Good.
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What are the necessary characteristics of this philosopher-king?
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purity of thought, comprehension of the eternal, love of wisdom, understanding of truth, appreciation of everything he loves, ability to act with temperance, no ambition for wealth, desire for integrity, need for wholeness, knowledge of the just, a gentle persona, a good memory a mind endowed with measure and grace and a native disposition that easily guides him to the ideal reality in all things
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