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- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Who was the philosopher that taught by asking questions?PlatoSocratesAristotleAlexander
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which philosopher was a student of Socrates?PlatoAristotleAlexander
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which philosopher did not write any books based on the belief that debating was better than writing?SocratesPlatoAristotlePluto
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Was Socrates rich or poor?RichPoor
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Socrates made a lot of people angry because...he kept calling them names.he kept hitting people randomly.he kept proving that they weren't as smart as they thought they were.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Socrates decided he was the wisest man after all because...he knew a lot more about science than anyone else.He was aware that he didn't know everything.He was the oldest man alive.
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The Ancient Greeks were the forefathers of philosophy, but which of these philosophers never wrote a thing down?
Epicurus
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Philosophy translates from Greek as...?The Love of WisdomThe Love of ThinkingThe Love of men called PhilUltimate Questions
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What was the method of teaching created by Socrates?
The Socratic Method
The Sophists
Quiz Iz
Slideshows
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Plato was
Greek
Roman
Swedish
English
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The Allegory of the Cave was written by...PlatoSocratesSartreDescartes
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In the allegory, the prisoners represent...
people locked up in prison
people who do not realise the true nature of reality
Aristotle's friends
Philosophy students at Carnoustie High School
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According to Plato, the escaped prisoner who is let out of the cave is like...
people who have studied philosophy and understand the true nature of reality
students who study maths
artists who represent the Forms in a much closer way than we see reality
prisoners who have finished their sentence and go home to their families
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In the allegory, the sun represents...
Plato
the Form of Beauty
the Form of Good/ true nature of Reality
death
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In this modern image of Plato's Cave, which people represent the prisoners?
the people chatting under the light
the two people standing at the top of the stairs
the man grabbing the shoulder of the other man and pointing to the door
the people staring at the computer screens
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From our previous conversations in class, what do you think might represent 'the cave' in our lives today? Select as many from the list below that you agree with
social media
celebrities
governments
news channels
our education system