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Socrates, Plato and the Sophists
Socrates, Plato and the Sophists
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1
If you are a relativist you believe that
everything depends to the way you see it
everything depends on the way you see it
you only use relative clauses
everything depends in the way you see it
2
Socrates and Plato taught that
experience is insufficient
for real knowledge and truth
...because old people can also be wrong.
...we must also listen to others.
...we must also use reason.
...we must also be smart.
3
Who argued that if a tree falls in the woods with no one around, it doesn't make a sound.
Aristotle
The Sophists
Socrates
The Oracle
4
The Sophists believed that
There is just one truth.
It is possible to defend any idea.
Laws came from Gods.
Wisdom comes from admitting you don't know.
5
Who is considered to many to be the 'father' of Western Philosophy?
Socrates
Plato
Confucius
John Key
6
Socrates was sentenced to death because he was accused of:
Murder.
Corrupting the minds of young Athenian men.
Not believing in the Gods (impiety).
Stealing.
7
Moral relativism
is when you decide what is right based on...
...reason.
...based on what feels good.
...what the most people believe is right.
...based on your own perspective.
8
Socrates never wrote any of his ideas down, his student Plato did it after he died.
False
True
9
The term "
Sophist
" is now used to describe someone who is:
Wise.
...clever at argument, but also deceptive.
Believes that she/he is always right.
Foolish.
10
Who wasn't a sophist?
Gorgias
Protagoras
Plato
Hipias
11
Socrates believed that concepts of
justice
,
goodness
and
truth
...
...were different for everyone.
...depended on what you felt.
...depended on your view of reality.
...were the same for everyone.
12
Reality
is
objective
if it is
experienced in the same way
for everyone
False
True
13
Which of these quotes is Socrates famous for?
"You only live once."
"Don't forget your roots my friend."
"To thyself be true."
"The unexamined life is not worth living."
14
If reality is subjective: 1) it only exists as we perceive it, 2) it doesn't exist if we don't.
1 is true
2 is true
False
1 and 2 are true
15
Socrates claimed that he wasn't teaching, but showing how to question more deeply.
False
True
16
Who believed that, "There is no objective reality, because it is different for everyone"?
Plato
Protagoras
Aristotle
Socrates
