I NEED HELP ... but this is philosophy 1. Sophrosune is so important because… A)
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I NEED HELP ... but this is philosophy
1. Sophrosune is so important because…
A) With self-control, one is virtuous and just – one has both humility and self-knowledge.
B) Without prudence, one cannot know one’s limits, including the limits of one’s wisdom.
C) It enables people to gain more of what they desire, such as wealth, fame, honours, knowledge and social connexions (friends and associates).
D) It invariably accompanies ambition and motivates those who have attained it toward bolder and more daring accomplishments.
E) It enables people to have clarity of mind in evaluating and assessing their priorities so that they can orient themselves toward what is genuinely valuable.
F) a, b and e
G ) a, c and e
H ) all of the above
2. Aporia is important because…
A) It reinforces the value of having wealth and social connexions, since these provide one with stability in life.
B) It marks the transition from double to single ignorance.
C) It is a starting point for actual learning.
D) It means that one has been disabused of one’s false knowledge, faulty assumptions and opinions.
E) It is humbling (it brings one down to earth), and humility is a virtue from which all other virtues (like self-knowledge and self-control) are developed.
F) a, b and c
G) d and e
H) all of the above except a
3. Socrates says, “Then do you know how to escape from your present state?—let’s not call a handsome young man by that name” (135c). In the context of this passage as a whole, what is Socrates getting at?
A) He wants to know if Alcibiades knows how to get out of Athens, so that he will not be seduced by the flattery of the mob.
B) He is suggesting that Alcibiades is a moron, and his prospects for being prosperous are low because he has not had any book-learning and he is now already 20 years old!
C) He is urging Alcibiades to abandon the patronymic of his biological father and assume Pericles name, since association with Pericles will bring Alcibiades greater nobility and social status (since his biological father was a low-class citizen).
D) He is basically telling Alcibiades that he is a slave and that he will remain a slave until he can cultivate himself and gain some self-control.
E) He is suggesting to Alcibiades that in order to be truly free, one must not only avoid being a slave, one must avoid becoming a master, because the tyrannical soul is enslaved to its own viciousness.
F) b and c
G) d and e
H) a, b, d and e
4. A philosophical dialogue functions as a “mirror” for souls inasmuch as…
a) The participants use the LOGOS to speak what they believe to be true.
b) Each participant is willing to have their ideas and understanding be put to the test (examined, questioned, challenged, probed, refuted through the cross-examination).
c) Each participant does not merely use words in a utilitarian fashion to say information, but infuse and invest their words with their SELF-expression.
d) The conversation engages that most divine part of the soul where knowing and understanding take place (wisdom) so that the conversation transcends mere chatter.
e) The dialogue proceeds by way of the two positive influences (education and persuasion) and the two negative influences (manipulation and coercion) are kept out of it.
f) a, b and d
g) all of the above except e
h) all of the above
Explanation / Answer
1. The correct answer is Option F. The statements, a, b and e, apply to sophrosune.
2. The correct answer is Option H. In case of aporia, all of the above are true except a.
3. The correct answer is Option E. Socreayes is suggesting to Alcibiades that in order to be truly free, one must not only avoid being a slave, one must avoid becoming a master, because the tyrannical soul is enslaved to its own viciousness.
4. The correct answer is Option B. In a philosophical dialogue, each participant should be willing to have their ideas and understanding be put to the test (examined, questioned, challenged, probed, refuted through the cross-examination)
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