Pol Sci Quiz

Epicureanism, Stoicism, and skepticism all aim toward _____.

Which of the following does Aristotle consider analogous to the relationship between husband and wife?

Which of Socrates’s interlocutors asserts that justice is nothing but the advantage of the stronger?

Cicero was a spokesman for which political party?

Socrates, Plato’s teacher, is the chief figure in the Republic

In the allegory of the cave, which of the following statements is false

Which of the following does Aristotle consider a just government?

Aristotle identifies a city with what?

According to Epicurus, pleasures are _____.

Assumes that Truth is eternal and unchanging and that only a few can contemplate it after years of systematic training

The stoic presented their philosophy as a?

In Plato’s The Republic, the characteristic quality of fighters or auxiliaries is ______

Cicero's main contribution to western philosophy was _____.

One of the central themes of Epicureanism is ataraxia. It means?

In the Allegory of the Cave, the following statements are true, except

Stoicism is an ancient Greek philosophy developed by

One of the main assumptions of _________ is that the right kind of government can be legitimate object of analysis

Cicero’s full name is

SAMPLE QUESTION...

The political leader Cicero called for a representative government with limited powers and was agains

Which of the following does Aristotle NOT use as an analogy for the relationship between master and slave?

Which of the following is not a characteristic that marks the lifestyle of the guardians?

What did the Epicureans argue?

The Stoics provided a unified account of the world, consisting of formal?

Epictetus asserts, _____.

What was the charge against Socrates that he was condemned to death?

Cicero proposed that the ideal form of government is ____

What did Plato believe about democracy?

Which of the following is a fair Aristotelian criticism of Plato's Republic?

A paid teacher in ancient Greece and associated with moral skepticism and specious reasoning

What did Plato believe regarding the place of women in matters of intellect?

The imperishable contribution of the Greeks to Western civilization lies in the taming of man and nature through

According to Socrates, how is truth attained?

What is the main purpose in propagating the myth of the metals among the citizens of the just city?

According to Socrates what is the fundamental principle on which all human society should be based?