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Reviewing and reinforcing terms and concepts about KNOWLEDGE
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1
Looking at the Divided Line, what is section 4 (on the far right)?
Things
Higher Forms
Lower Forms
Likeness
2
Logos, Thymos, and Eros are the parts of the soul according to which philosopher?
Plato
Hume
Aristotle
Descartes
3
Which statement best aligns with the philosophical definition of a form?
A form is the likeness of a thing
A form is the essence (blueprint) of a thing
A form is the concrete or visible characteristic of a thing
A form is the accidental properties of a thing
4
In the Catholic tradition, how many natures and how many persons is God?
1 nature, 1 person
1 nature, 3 persons
2 natures, 1 person
3 natures, 3 persons
5
How did Plato suggest that we could come to know things?
We start as a blank slate and create our own reality
We create an idea in our minds and look for it in the world
We observe the visible world and come to know things in it
We remember what our soul already knows
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"The tendency in human nature to remain ignorant even after knowing reality"
Dazzling of the Eyes for the Second Time
Chained People
Dark Cave
Fire
7
According to Plato, what is the highest of all forms, responsible for creating all other forms?
The Good
The Truth
The Merciful
The Beautiful
8
Looking at the Divided Line, what is section 2 (in the middle left)?
Things
Higher Forms
Lower Forms
Likeness
9
Which is NOT a characteristic of the visible world?
It is a distortion of reality
It is perfect
It is changeable
It is represented by a Dark Cave
10
Which of these is correct with respect to the soul in Catholic understanding?
The soul is made in the image of God
The soul and body are at war, which is why flesh is tainted
The soul is inferior to the intellect
All of these
11
Mathematical and scientific learning enables us to attain the lower forms.
True
False
12
The philosophy that says nothing can be known with certainty
Skepticism
Rationalism
Knowledge
The Divided Line
13
According to the various philosophers studied in class, what is the soul?
The driving force behind intellect, emotion, and desire
All of the above
The form of humanity
A force responsible for growth, senses, & critical thinking
14
God is not knowable.
False
True
15
"The world of spiritual reality which we achieve by breaking the chains"
Dazzling of the Eyes for the First Time
Outer World of Light
Dark Cave
The Shadows
16
Which is NOT a characteristic of the intelligible world?
It is the world of becoming
It is both aspatial and atemporal
It is eternal
It is the world of the philosophers
17
What is the purpose of the Allegory of the Cave?
To explain the confusion surrounding immortality
To prove Socrates wrong
To show the world is made up of visible and intelligible
To show that we can only know objects in the visible world
18
Which is NOT a section on Plato's Divided Line?
Likeness
The Cave
Higher Forms
Things
19
What is Rene Descartes claiming when he says, "I think, therefore I am"?
That skepticism is usually correct
That we can at least know our existence
That we cannot know anything for sure
That belief influences truth and knowledge
20
The spiritual or immaterial part of a human or animal, often regarded as immortal
Nature
Soul
Logos
Knowledge
21
This philosopher said people are just a bundle of sensations
Descartes
Plato
Aristotle
Hume
22
This philosopher was the student of Socrates
Hume
Aristotle
Plato
Descartes
23
The study of being and existence
Rationalism
Metaphysics
Ontology
Epistemology
24
Why do the arguments of David Hume ultimately fail?
We can come to know the forms
All of the above
We can know the laws of physics
We know how our senses work, so they cannot deceive us
25
According to Aristotle, the part of the soul common to all living things.
Rational Soul
Vegetative Soul
Sensitive Soul
Erotic Soul
26
"The world of sensory perception, which is the world of illusion"
Fire
The Chains
The Raised Wall
The Shadows
27
The seed of eternity we bear in ourselves that has its origin in God
Catholic soul
sensitive soul
rational soul
vegetative soul
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Catholics do not accept the dualist belief that the body and soul are separate.
False
True
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What is the relationship between the Catholic Church and Plato's forms?
The Church agrees that forms are only in the visible world
Plato was a pagan, so the Church doesn't approve his theory
The Church would consider God the "ultimate form"
The Church considers Plato a prophet that came before Jesus
30
Plato said this part of the soul was the emotional part, usually associated with anger.
Thymos
Eros
Patmos
Logos
