Philosophy 101- Plato and Aristotle
According to Plato there are two levels of _____.
becoming
Plato concluded that the solution to the basic problem of knowledge lay in acknowledging that _____.
both Heraclitus and Parmenides were correct in their efforts to characterize reality
According to Aristotle, _____ answers the question "What is THAT?"
form
Aristotle argued that _____.
form can be distinguished from content only in thought
According to Plato, _____ make things uniquely and essentially what they are.
forms
According to Plato, "knowledge of particulars" _____.
is impossible
According to the Greeks of Plato's time, happiness _____.
is the result of living a fully functioning life
According to Plato, _____ is excellence of function of the whole.
justice
What we know today as the writings of Aristotle _____.
are a collection of notes
Aristotle believed in two levels of reality: the natural and the supernatural.
False
Plato's "Forms" are a reference to physical objects.
False
Aristotle agreed with his teacher Plato on all major philosophical matters.
False- He didn't agree that there are two realms.
Plato believed that what is true changes slowly over time.
False- truth is unchangeble
From lowest to highest, the levels of awareness are _____.
illusion, informed opinion, deductive reasoning, and direct apprehension of the Good
_____ is probably the most widely read work in Western philosophy.
The Republic
According to Plato, democracy leads to tyranny.
True
According to Plato, injustice is a form of imbalance.
True
Aristotle believed that human beings are not separate from nature, but are part of nature.
True
Aristotle tutored Alexander the Great.
True
In Plato's metaphysics, the highest level of reality consists of forms.
True
Plato believed that a corrupt state produces corrupt citizens.
True
Plato believed that truths about moral and aesthetic facts exist whether we know those truths or not.
True
Plato concluded that all existing states are bad.
True
The Republic concerns the search for justice.
True
In Plato's view, the "average person" _____.
lacks wisdom and self-restraint
According to Aristotle, a complete understanding of anything can only come from identifying its four causes. The four causes are: _____.
material,formal,efficient,final
According to Aristotle, _____ answers the question "What is THIS?"
matter
According to Aristotle, _____ has no distinct characteristics until its entelechy is actualized.
matter
According to Plato, _____ changes but _____ is timeless.
opinion; knowledgeble
Aristotle is the first Western thinker of record to provide an adequate analysis of the _____ of change.
process
Plato divided the human soul into three parts: _____.
reason, spirit, and apetite
According to Plato, the disordered soul lacks a sense of _____.
shame
In part, Plato's theory of forms was his answer to _____.
sophistic Skepticism
So great was Aristotle's influence on later thinkers that for centuries educated persons knew him simply as _____.
the philosopher
Plato's Republic identifies three classes of people: _____.
workers, warriors, and guardians
