Unit 10: Prescribed texts (open-book Paper 2)
Topic 10.8: The Republic, Books IV–IX — Plato Questions
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In Plato's picture, which part is the 'swing' part that can side with either of the others?
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Fill the gap: In the decline of regimes, the _____ looks powerful but is the most enslaved of all, ruled by one lawless craving.
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Plato defines justice, first of all, as:
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The main objection to philosopher-kings is that it is:
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In the Allegory of the Cave, the shadows on the wall stand for:
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Plato argues the just person is happiest because their soul is:
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True or false? On Plato's view, an unjust person who could cheat unseen (with the ring) would be genuinely happy.
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True or false? For Plato, a just soul is one where appetite is in charge.
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Fill the gap: Plato's three parts of the soul are reason, _____ (honour and anger) and appetite.
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Fill the gap: The just city is the just soul 'written _____' — the same pattern scaled up.
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True or false? In the just city, the rulers correspond to reason and the guardians to spirit.
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In the charioteer image, appetite is:
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On the Divided Line, which sits at the TOP (the most fully known)?
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Which part does Plato call the THINKING part that wants the good of the whole soul?
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In the just city, the guardians (auxiliaries) correspond to which part of the soul?
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True or false? For Plato, a Form is just an idea in our heads with no reality of its own.
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Plato looks at a whole CITY to understand justice in the soul because:
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In the Cave, the sun outside stands for:
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A strong objection to the soul–city mirror is that:
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