Aristotle Quiz

T or F 1. Aristotle was a strong opponent of Plato.
T or F 2. Aristotle was fundamentally a Platonist.
T or F 3. Aristotle endorsed Plato's doctrine of the Forms.
T or F 4. Aristotle rejected Plato's doctrine of the Forms.
T or F 5. Aristotle sometimes endorsed and sometimes rejected Plato's doctrine of the Forms.
T or F 6. The central question of both Plato and Aristotle was, what is knowledge.
T or F 7. The central question of both Plato and Aristotle was, what is the good life.
T or F 8. The central question of both Plato and Aristotle was, what is justice.
T or F 9. Aristotle's aim was identical with his predecessors, he wanted to discover the         material nature of the universe.
T or F10. Aristotle's aim was identical with his predecessors, he wanted to discover what is real.
T or F 11. Aristotle's materialist predecessors gave an adequate account of the nature of man as a moral creature.
T or F 12. Aristotle's materialist predecessors gave an inadequate account of the nature of man as a moral creature.
T or F 13. According to Aristotle value is material.
T or F 14. According to Aristotle value is  not material.
T or F 15. According to Aristotle reality is immaterial located in the realm of the Forms.
T or F 16. According to Aristotle reality is not exclusively  located in the immaterial realm of the Forms.
T or F 17. According to Aristotle the Forms are apart from things.
T or F 18. According to Plato the Forms are apart from things.
T or F 19. According to Aristotle the Forms are apart from things and allow us to relate value to the sensible world.
T or F 20. According to Aristotle the Forms are apart from things and do not allow us to relate value to the sensible world.
T or F 21. Aristotle was interested in establishing a theory of reality that would allow both sense objects and values to be real.
T or F 22. Aristotle was interested in establishing a theory of knowledge that would allow both sense objects and values to be real.
T or F 23. Aristotle was interested in establishing a theory of ethics that would allow both sense objects and values to be real.
T or F 24. According to Aristotle a satisfactory account of reality must resolve the problem of change.
T or F 25. According to Aristotle a satisfactory account of reality did not necessarily need to resolve the problem of change.
T or F 26. For Plato Form was reality.
T or F 27. For Aristotle Form was reality.
T or F 28. Aristotle denied that Form was reality.
T or F 29. Plato denied that Form was reality.
T or F 30. One of Aristotle's main goals was to correct Plato's theory of the Forms.
T or F 31. One of Aristotle's main goals was to correct Plato's theory of knowledge.
T or F 32. Plato and Aristotle represent two different attitudes towards the world.
T or F 33. Plato and Aristotle represent two very similiar attitudes towards the world.
T or F 34. Plato was otherworldly and idealistic.
T or F 35. Aristotle was otherworldly and idealistic.
T or F 36. Aristotle was practical and empirical.
T or F 37. Plato was practical and empirical.
T or F 38. For Aristotle the mathematical triangle is not found in this world.
T or F 39. For Plato the mathematical triangle is not found in this world.
T or F 40. For Plato the mathematical triangle is not found in this world , it is an ideal object transcending the imperfections of physical triangles.
T or F 41. For Aristotle the mathematical triangle is not found in this world , it is an ideal object transcending the imperfections of physical triangles.
T or F 42. Plato drew many examples from mathematics.
T or F 43. Plato drew many examples from Physics.
T or F 44. Plato drew many examples from Biology.
T or F 45. Aristotle drew many examples from mathematics.
T or F 46. Aristotle drew many examples from Physics.
T or F 47. Aristotle drew many examples from Biology.
T or F 48. In politics Plato thought constantly in terms of an absolutely ideal state.
T or F 49. In politics Aristotle thought constantly in terms of an absolutely ideal state.
T or F 50. Plato began his study of politics by a careful study of more than 100 actual states.
T or F 51. Aristotle began his study of politics by a careful study of more than 100 actual states.
 
 
 
 

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