Political Science-[FPSC-U.S A. CSS] — Quiz

Political Science PLATO

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1 Name the ancient philosopher who wrote The Republic:
2 After years of travel and study Plato founded the Academy in:
3 Who was the mentor of Plato?
4 _________ was a Classical Greek philosopher mathematician writer of philosophical dialogues and founder of the Academy in Athens the first Institution of higher learning in the Western world:
5 Who was the teacher of Plato?
6 Who was the student of Plato?
7 Along with his mentor Socrates and his student Aristotle helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science:
8 Along with his mentor Socrates and his student Aristotle helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science:
9 Which student of Plato developed the system of concentric spheres that became the epicycles of the Ptolemaic astronomical system?
10 Eudoxus was born in:
11 Who said Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty:
12 Who said He who is of a calm and happy nature willhardly feel the pressure of age but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden:
13 Eudoxus was a great influence on:
14 Menaechmus was a pupil of:
15 Which work of Platos was most influenced by the mystical-scientificideas of the pythagoreans?
16 In The Symposium what Greek playwright suggests that all human beings are seeking their missing other halves?
17 Which of Platos works describes the trial of Socrates and Socrates defense against charges that he was corrupting the youth of Athens?
18 Platos writings mostly take the form of _______ in which knowledge is revealed as two characters ask and answer questions of each other:
19 Plato established an important method which has been passed down through the ages. That is that when one has a problem that has already been solved one can work backwards from it until a statement can be reached of which the veracity has already been determined. In other words a method of attaining proofs. In which of his works was this method established?
20 What is the primary subject of Socrates dialogues with Thaetetus?
21 Plato and his most esteemed student Aristotle both appear in the painting The School of Athens by which Renaissance masster?
22 Plato was born in:
23 Plato died in:
24 In which Greek city was Plato born?
25 In which Greek city was Plato died?
26 Plato died at the age of:
27 In Platos The Republic who does Socrates suggest should rule over society?
28 _______ argues that the wrong types of literature and music can corrupt the youth of Greece and must therefore be strictly controlled:
29 A pupil of Platos great student who developed the system of concentric spheres borrowed by Ptolemy was this man who advanced the system of epicycles adding an additional seven laying the final groundwork for the system adopted by Aristotle and Ptolemy Who was he?
30 _______ is one of the big three in ancient Greek philosopher along with Aristotle and Socrates:
31 Aside from developing the system of concentric spheres upon which the epicyclic Ptolemaic arrangement of the solar system was based what other remarkable achievement was made by this great follower of Plato?
32 Which Platonic disciple suggested that the Earth turns on its axis every 24 hours and that the solar system might be heliocentric?
33 Another individual from the Platonic school he initiated the study of conic sections - the hyperbola the parabola and the ellipse. Who was he?
34 Platos writings mostly take the form of _______ in which knowledge is revealed as two characters ask and answer questions of each other:
35 What was name of Platos father?
36 what was name of Platos mother?
37 Plato The Man and His Work book was written by:
38 What Plato Said book was written by:
39 Platonic Studies book was written by:
40 A Commentary on Platos Meno book was written by:
41 Who said These then will be some of the features of democracy .... It will be in all likelihood an agreeable lawless parti-colored common wealth dealing with all alike on a footing of equality whether they be really equal or not:
42 Who said Democracy is a charming form of government full of variety and disorder and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequal alike:
43 he Platonic bodies which Plato describes in his most scientific work (mentioned in the previous question) can best be characterized as what?
44 Above the entrance to his Academy was the following quote let none who has not learned ______ enter here. What goes in the blank:
45 Who said Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment:
46 Who said Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed their hold and have escaped not from one master but from many:
47 Which subject does Socrates discuss in Euthyphro?
48 In Platos Crito Crito tries unsuccessfully to convince Socrates to do which of the following things?
49 What is the subject of Platos The Symposium?
50 In The Symposium what Greek playwright suggests that all human beings are seeking their missing other halves?
51 Which of Platos works describes the trial of Socrates and Socrates defense against charges that he was corrupting the youth of Athens?
52 According to Paltos Phaedo what was Socrates demeanor in his cell as he awaited his pending execution?
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