T or F  The example of Socrates and his fate had a powerful influence on Plato's life.
T or F  The example of Socrates and his fate was just one of many influences on Plato's life.

T or F   Socrates claimed to differ from his fellow Athenians in claiming that he knew the answers to many important philosophical questions.
T or F   Socrates claimed to differ from his fellow Athenians in claiming that he knew only that he knew nothing.

T or F   Socrates was unpopular because he was successful in proving to the Athenians their ignorance of things that they thought they knew.
T or F   Socrates was unpopular because he was successful in proving to the Athenians their Knowledge of things that they thought they knew.

T or F   Socrates was popular because he was successful in proving to the Athenians their ignorance of things that they thought they knew.
T or F   Socrates was popular because he was successful in proving to the Athenians their knowledge of things they knew.

T or F  In the symposium which of the following features does not apply to Socrates?

Socrates Trial

T or F  Socrates was admired by the young people of Athens.
T or F  Socrates was admired by the older people of Athens.
T or F  Socrates was disliked because he trapped many of his fellow Athenians in contradictions.
T or F  Socrates was liked because he trapped many of his fellow Athenians in contradictions.
T or F  Socrates was liked because he showed that many of his fellow Athenians were not involved in contradictions.

What were the charges brought against Socrates?

T or F  Socrates made a vigorous attempt to defend himself.
T or F  Socrates made no attempt to defend himself.

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Socrates in Prison

T or F   Socrates assumes that values are objective.
T or F   Socrates assumes that sometimes values are objective and sometimes they are subjective.
T or F   Socrates assumes that values are subjective.
T or F   Socrates assumes that  values are neither objective and sometimes they are subjective.

T or F  While in prison Socrates maintains that there is a right thing to do in the circumstances.

T or F  While in prison Socrates maintains that once the appropriate values have been discovered all rational people will act accordingly.
T or F  While in prison Socrates maintains that once the appropriate values have been discovered few rational people will act accordingly.

Socrates and Crito 114

What question are Socrates and Crito discussing?
 

T or F  Socrates is concerned with what most people will think if he escapes from prison.
T or F  Socrates is not concerned with what most people will think if he escapes from prison.
 
 

T or F  Good opinions as well as bad opinions need to be respected.
T or F  Only good opinions should be esteemed.
T or F  Good opinions are those of wise persons.
T or F  Good opinions are those of foolish persons.
T or F  Bad opinions are those of wise persons.
T or F  Bad opinions are those of foolish persons.

T or F  We should be concerned with the opinion of the wise person who knows about right and wrong.
 

T or F  It is alright to do wrong intentionally.
T or F  It is never alright to do wrong intentionally.
T or F  It is sometimes alright to do wrong intentionally.116

T or F  It is alright to return evil for evil.
T or F  It is never alright to return evil for evil.
T or F  It is sometimes to return evil for evil.

T or F  Doing evil to people is the same thing as wronging them
T or F  Doing evil to people is sometimes good for people.

T or F  It is alright for a person to violate their agreements.

T or F  It is alright for a person to break the laws of their country that they disagree with.
 

Socrates Death and its effect on Plato
 

Plato's later life. 119
 

Theory of Knowledge

T or F  Plato's primary concern was to discover the basis for a good state, one in which a good person could be happy.
T or F  Plato's primary concern was to discover the basis for a good state, one in which both good  and bad persons could be happy.

T or F  Before he could answer a question such as "What is morality?" Plato had to demonstrate that this question had an answer. 121
 

T or F  Plato devoted more time to Aesthetics than any philosopher before him.

T or F  Plato devoted more time to Ethics than any philosopher before him.

T or F  Plato devoted more time to Epistemology than any philosopher before him.
 

T or F  For Plato questions about the one and the many and appearance and reality grew out of the questions asked by the presocratic thinkers.
T or F  For Plato questions about the one and the many and appearance and reality grew out of the questions asked by Socrates.
 

T or F  If we assume that everything is really one it is obvious that things look differently.
T or F  If we assume that everything is really one it is  not obvious that things look differently.

T or F  The problem is how can reality look different than how it appears.121

T or F  One solution to the problem of appearance and reality is to say that over time things change.

T or F  To say that over time things change involves us in a contradiction. Whats the contradiction?

T or F   To say that things that have changed over time are somehow or another the same led to scepticism by the Sophists.
 

T or F  According to Heraclitus everything is in continual flux.

T or F  According to Heraclitus things never change.
T or F  According to Parmenides everything is in continual flux.
T or F  According to Parmenides things never change.

The Two Realms
 

T or F  According to Plato both Heraclitus and Parmenides were correct.
T or F  According to Plato both Heraclitus and Parmenides were correct they were talking about the same thing.
T or F  According to Plato both Heraclitus and Parmenides were correct they were talking about different things.
 
 
 
 

T or F  Plato believes that ultimately there is only one unlying reality.
T or F  Plato believes that ultimately there is two unlying realities.
 
 
 
 

T or F  Plato agreed with Heraclitus that everything is in flux within the physical world.
T or F  Plato agreed with Parmenides that everything is in flux within the physical world.
 

T or F  According to Plato everything in the Physical world is in space and time.
T or F  According to Plato not everything in the Physical world is in space and time.

T or F  According to Plato in addition to the physical world there is a world of ideai. 123
 
 

T or F  Plato's forms exist in space and time.
T or F  Plato's forms do not exist in space and time.

The Forms
 

T or F  The forms can be known by sense perception.
T or F  The forms cannot be known by sense perception.
T or F  Sometimes the forms can be known by sense perception while at others they cannot.

T or F  The forms can only be known through thought.
 

T or F  According to Plato the geometrician is inventing the property of triangles.
T or F  According to Plato the geometrician makes up the property of triangles.

T or F  According to Plato the geometrician is imagines the property of triangles.
T or F  According to Plato the geometrician is discovering the property of triangles.
 
 
 
 
 
 

T or F  Platos ideai are nonphysical, nonspatial, nontemporal.

T or F  Plato believed that there are ethical forms.
T or F  Plato did not believe that there are ethical forms.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Draw a picture of Platos divided line and give examples of entities that would exist in each division.