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Questions are based on Plato\'s The Republic. If you could help me with any or a

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Questions are based on Plato's The Republic. If you could help me with any or all of these I'd be so appreciative!

1. Plato rejects the idea that the just person is not someone who keeps money safe because it leads to the idea that a just person has only one role then
a. True
b. False

2. According to Plato, we should do good to those who are good and harm those who are really bad.
a. True
b. False

3. Which describes best Plato's general claim about harm?
a. If you harm someone, you are less likely to be moral in the future
b. If you harm someone, you are producing the opposite of what that person desires
c. If you harm someone, they are less likely to be moral in the future
d. If you harm someone, you will make an enemy of someone who might actually be your friend

4. Doing good things, according to Plato, is what makes someone just
a. True
b. False

5. A problem with Plato's argument against the just person's role as a safe keeper of money is that
a. Being an expert requires knowledge beyond just the area of expertise
b. Being an expert doesn't always require that you act in accordance with your knowledge
c. Being an expert does not require that you know everything about a topic
d. Being an expert requires that you not only know how to do something but that you actually do it

6. According to Plato, a just soul looks like:
a. The spirited part of the soul decides which wins out (reason or passion) depending on the situation
b. Reason wins over passion
c. Passion and reason are equally balanced
d. Passion wins over reason

Explanation / Answer

The book Republic was written by Plato, who is a great philosopher.

1.

a. The statement given is true; Plato believes that a person has many roles to perform other than saving money. So, Plato rejects the idea that a person s duty and one and only role is to make and save money.

2.

b. The statement given is false. Plato doesn’t believe in the concept of doing well to the good persons and to harm the persons who are really bad. This concept doesn’t match with the concept of Plato’s justice statements. A person is not said to have justice, when he or she harms their enemies or bad persons.

3.

a. From the given statements, option a. best describes Plato’s claim in relation to harm. If a person knowingly or unknowingly tries to harm another person, he or she denotes that they have less morality in the present or in future circumstances. Less level of morality is related to cause more harm, according to Plato’s philosophy.

4.

a. The statement given is true. According to Plato, a person doing good things gains justice. Justice denotes a person’s personality and behavior. The ‘just’ person is said to be happy, positive, and has a healthy soul with no negatives.