According to Socrates learning is a kind of:
1.Recollection
2.Virtue
3.Political skill
4.Gift of the gods
Aristotle found his own school which was known as:
1.The Lyceum
2.Acedemy
3.Institution
4.Leader
Socrates was born in Greece in:
1.344 B.C.
2.269 B.C.
3.369 B.C.
4.469/470 B.C
Through his portrayal in Plato s dialogues Socrates has become renowned for his contribution to the field of:
1.Ethics
2.Economics
3.Chemistry
4.None of these
Where it Meno from?
1.Sparta
2.Athens
3.Eos
4.Thessaly
According to Socratesconslusion at the end of the Meno beneficent statesmen are like:
1.Soothsayers and prophets
2.Oracles and deities
3.Gorgias and Anytus
4.Blindfolded children
Gorgias refuses to say:
1.That virtue is truth
2.That Socrates is a bad influence
3. That he can teach virtue
4.That he can t teach virute
How does true opinion relate to knowledge?
1.It s always inferior
2. It s sometimes superior
3.They are equally good
4.It s inferior in the long run
Plato found the Academy in:
1.385 B.C.
2.381 B.C.
3.387 B.C.
4.315 B.C.
Socrates questions Meno s slave about:
1.The radius of a circle
2.The height of the Parthenon
3.The double of a square s area
4. The golden ration of a given square
Socrates reacts to Anytusdisapproval of the Sophists with:
1.Amazement
2.Anger
3.rebuke
4.theory
The early works of Plato are considered to be close to the spirit of:
1.Socrates
2.Jacques Louis David
3.Aristotle
4.Xenophon
What mistake does Socrates eventually reveal in Meno s definition of virtue as the desire for beautiful things and power to attain them?
1.This is a list not a definition
2.The definition implicitly contains the term it is to define
3.The definition does not correspond to an eidos
4.The definition does not cover all cases of virtue
Who is the student of Socrates?
1.Aristotle
2.Plato
3.Aristophanes
4. None of these
With what question does the Meno begin?
1.What is virute?
2.Can virtue be taught?
3.Is virtue a kind of knowledge?
4.Are there many virtues or one?
According to Plato Socratesfather was:
1.Sophroniscus
2.Aristophanes
3.Lamprocles
4.Zenexenus
According to Plato Socratesmother was:
1.Phaenarete
2.Zenexenus
3.Lamprocles
4.None of these
According to Socrates conclusion at the end of the Meno beneficent statesmen are like:
1.Soothsayers and prophets
2.Oracles and deities
3.Gorgias and Anytus
4.Blindfolded children
According to Socrates the soul is:
1.Infinitely large
2. Inherently virtuous
3.Corruptible
4.Immortal
Anytus suggests that Meno talk to whom to learn about virtue?
1.The Sophists
2.Any Athenian on the street
3.An oracle
4.Gorgias
Aristotle found his own school in:
1.225 B.C.
2.415 B.C.
3.335 B.C.
4. 315 B.C.
How does true opinion relate to knowledge?
1.It s always inferior
2.It s sometimes superior
3.They are equally good
4.It s inferior in the long ru
I know that I know nothing is a well-known saying which is attributed to the Greek philosopher:
1.Socrates
2.Jacques-Louis David
3.Aristotle
4.Xenophon
Protagoras is used as an example of:
1.A rich Sophist
2. A corrupt politician
3.A gifted priest
4.A man of true knowledge
Socrates believed that knowledge is the same thing as ______ or excellence and is always good:
1.Virtue
2.Knowledge
3.Faith
4.Belief
Socrates died in:
1.339 B.C.
2.329 B.C.
3.319 B.C.
4.399 B.C.
Socrates reminds Meno that no virtue is truly beneficial without:
1.Justice
2.Moderation
3.Wisdom
4.All of the above
Socrates says that all that the soul endures if directed by _______ ends happiness.
1.Virtue
2.Wisdom
3.Prophets
4.Truth
Socrates uses which examples to demonstrate the idea of a definition?
1.Shape and color
2.Shape and ordor
3. Color and sound
4. Tables and chairs
Socrates was a Greek ______ :
1.Philosopher
2.Singer
3.Composer
4.Poet
Socrates was awarded punishment:
1.Death
2.Fine
3.Banishment from Athens
4.Imprisonment for 3 years
Specially for Plato s writings referring to Socrates it is not always clear which ideas brought forward by Socrates (or his friends) actually belonged to Socrates and which of these may have been new additions or elaborations by Plato- this is known as the:
1.Socratic Problem
2.Platoic Problem
3.Platoic Problem
4.Aristocratic Problem
Students of Socrates is/are:
1.Alcibiades
2.Critias
3.Plato
4.All of these
The Death of Socrates book was written by:
1.Jacques-Louis David
2.Aristotle
3.Xenophon
4.Plato
The idea that human s possessed certain virtues formed a common thread in:
1.Plato teachings
2. Aristotle teachings
3.Socrates teachings
4. Xenophon teachings
What else is being miserable asks Socrates ........
1.than not to know the truth?
2.than to seek virtue and fail to find it?
3.than to desire bad things and secure them?
4.than to be a sophist?
What paradox does Meno raise?
1.How can one look for what one does not know?
2.How can those without virtue be elected if democracy is virtuous?
3. Xeno s paradox
4.How can virtue be wisdom but not knowledge?
What paradox does Meno raise?
1.How can one look for what one does not know?
2.How can those without virtue be elected if democracy is virtuous?
3.Xeno s paradox
4. None of these
Which of the following has Meletus not accused Socrates of?
1.Charging a fee for his teaching
2.Inventing new deities
3.Corrupting the youth
4.Not recognizing the established gods
Who believed the best way for people to live was to focus on selfdevelopment rather than the pursuit of material wealth?
1.Plato
2.Aristotle
3.Socrates
4.Xenophon
Who is a Xenophon?
1.Son of Socrates
2.Father of Socrates
3.Student of Socrates
4. None of these
Who is the contemporary of Socrates?
1.Aristophanes
2.Aristotle
3.Homer
4.None of these
Who said I know that I know nothing?
1.Plato
2.Aristotle
3.Socrates
4.Xenophon
Who said No one errs or does wrong willingly or knowingly?
1.Plato
2.Socrates
3.Xenophon
4.Aristotle
Who said Virtue - all virute - is knowledge?
1.Socrates
2.Xenophon
3.Plato
4.Aristotle
Who said Virtue is sefficient for happiness?
1.Aristotle
2.Socrates
3.Plato
4.Xenophon
Who stressed that virtue was the most valuable of all possessions the ideal life was spent in search of the Good. Truth lies beneath the shadows of existence and it is the job of the philosopher to show the rest how little they really know?
1.Plato
2.Aristotle
3.Socrates
4.Xenophon
Who was the founder of Western philosophy?
1.Socrates
2.Aristotle
3.Plato
4.None of these
Why does Meno call Socrates a torpedo fish?
1.Socrates is quick
2.Socrates is numbing
3. Socrates is cold-hearted
4.Socrates is suspicious
________ is one of the big three in ancient Greek philosopher along with Plato and Aristotle:
1.Aristophanes
2.Socrates
3.Xemophon
4.None of these