Socrates believed that knowledge is the same thing as ______ or excellence and is always good:

Related Mcqs:

1. Specially for Plato’s writings referring to Socrates, it is not always clear which ideas brought forward by Socrates (or his friends) actually belonged to Socrates and which of these may have been new additions or elaborations by Plato- this is known as the:

   A. Socratic Problem
   B. Platoic Problem
   C. Soitic Problem
   D. Aristocratic Problem

2. Especially for Plato’s writings referring to Socrates, it is not always clear which ideas brought forward by Socrates (or his friends) actually belonged to Socrates and which of these may have been new additions or elaborations by, Plato – this is known as the:

   A. Socratic Problem
   B. Platonic Problem
   C. Soitic Problem
   D. Aristocratic Problem

3. Which of Plato’s works describes the trial of Socrates, and Socrates’ defense against charges that he was corrupting the youth of Athens?

   A. Crito
   B. Meno
   C. The Apology
   D. Timaeus

4. Which of Plato’s works describes the trial of Socrates, and Socrates’ defense against charges that he was corrupting the youth of Athens?

   A. Crito
   B. Meno
   C. The Apology
   D. Timaeus

5. Socrates says that all that the soul endures, if directed by ______ ends in happiness.

   A. Virtue
   B. Wisdom
   C. Prophets
   D. Truth

6. Socrates died in:___________?

   A. 339 B.C.
   B. 329 B.C.
   C. 319 B.C.
   D. 399 B.C.

7. According to Socrates, the soul is:_____________?

   A. Infinitely large
   B. Inherently virtuous
   C. Corruptible
   D. Immortal

8. According to Socrates’ conslusion at the end of the Meno beneficent statesmen are like:

   A. “Soothsayers and prophets”
   B. “Oracles and deities”
   C. “Gorgias and Anytus”
   D. “Blindfolded children”

9. Why does Socrates not accept Euthyphro’s definition that prosecuting criminals is holy?

   A. Because prosecuting criminals can often be an unholy act
   B. Because there are other acts which are also holy
   C. Because Euthyphro doesn’t specify what kind of crinimals should be prosecuted
   D. Because Euthyphro doesn’t specify what kind of punishment these criminals deserve

10. What mistake does Socrates eventually reveal in Meno’s definition of virtue as the desire for beautiful things and the power to attain them?

    A. This is a list, not a definition
    B. The definition implicitly contains the term it is to define
    C. The definition does not correspond to an eidos
    D. The definition does not cover all cases of virtue