Phil Exam 3 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
*Early in the Phaedo, the executioner who is to administer the poison to Socrates tells one of
Socrates's friends that - CORRECT ANSWER Socrates should stop talking with his friends
because people get heated when they talk, and one should not be heated when taking the poison, as
those who do must sometimes drink it two or three times.
What did Protagoras mean when he said "Of all things the measure is humanity . . ."? - CORRECT
ANSWER He meant that human belief, perception, desire, emotion and choice determine the
nature of the real and the true.
Which of the following claims would Plato accept? - CORRECT ANSWER What we call
learning in this life is really just remembering what we actually came to know in a previous
disembodied existence.
Which of the following is not one of the claims made in Socrates's argument from the Phaedo that a
true philosopher should not fear death? - CORRECT ANSWER Since there is no immaterial
soul, upon death the person entirely ceases to exist.
Which of the following would Plato say is most real? - CORRECT ANSWER the form of
justice.
*What are Socrates' final words as reported in Plato's Pheado? - CORRECT ANSWER Crito,
we owe a cock to Asclepius; make this offering to him and do not forget.
Plato's argument from the visible and the invisible in the Phaedo attempts to show that - CORRECT
ANSWER The soul is imperishable, or very nearly so.
Which of the following is not one of the claims Plato makes in his argument for a priori knowledge in
the Phaedo? - CORRECT ANSWER Equal sensible things cannot appear unequal.
Which of the following is not one of the claims in Plato's argument from the exclusion of opposites? -
CORRECT ANSWER The body is essentially alive.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
*Early in the Phaedo, the executioner who is to administer the poison to Socrates tells one of
Socrates's friends that - CORRECT ANSWER Socrates should stop talking with his friends
because people get heated when they talk, and one should not be heated when taking the poison, as
those who do must sometimes drink it two or three times.
What did Protagoras mean when he said "Of all things the measure is humanity . . ."? - CORRECT
ANSWER He meant that human belief, perception, desire, emotion and choice determine the
nature of the real and the true.
Which of the following claims would Plato accept? - CORRECT ANSWER What we call
learning in this life is really just remembering what we actually came to know in a previous
disembodied existence.
Which of the following is not one of the claims made in Socrates's argument from the Phaedo that a
true philosopher should not fear death? - CORRECT ANSWER Since there is no immaterial
soul, upon death the person entirely ceases to exist.
Which of the following would Plato say is most real? - CORRECT ANSWER the form of
justice.
*What are Socrates' final words as reported in Plato's Pheado? - CORRECT ANSWER Crito,
we owe a cock to Asclepius; make this offering to him and do not forget.
Plato's argument from the visible and the invisible in the Phaedo attempts to show that - CORRECT
ANSWER The soul is imperishable, or very nearly so.
Which of the following is not one of the claims Plato makes in his argument for a priori knowledge in
the Phaedo? - CORRECT ANSWER Equal sensible things cannot appear unequal.
Which of the following is not one of the claims in Plato's argument from the exclusion of opposites? -
CORRECT ANSWER The body is essentially alive.
