A pupil of Platos great student who developed the system of concentric spheres borrowed by Ptolemy was this man who advanced the system of epicycles adding an additional seven laying the final groundwork for the system adopted by Aristotle and Ptolemy Who was he?
1.Eratosthenes
2.Callipus
3.Diophantus
4.Eppipides
Above the entrance to his Academy was the following quote let none who has not learned ______ enter here. What goes in the blank:
1.Physics
2.Geometry
3.Astronomy
4.Arithmetic
According to Paltos Phaedo what was Socrates demeanor in his cell as he awaited his pending execution?
1.Extremely afraid
2.Angered by the injustice of his sentence
3.Pleasant calm and resigned to his fate
4.Saddened and depressed
Eudoxus was a great influence on:
1.Euclid
2.Ptolemy
3.Both (a) & (b)
4.None of these
In Platos Crito Crito tries unsuccessfully to convince Socrates to do which of the following things?
1.Become the new king of Athens
2.Renounce his philosophy
3.Urge the masses to rise up in revolt
4.Flee from Athens
In Platos The Republic who does Socrates suggest should rule over society?
1. The military
2.Nobody; no man should
3.An elected parliament
4.An elite group of philosopherkings
Platos writings mostly take the form of _______ in which knowledge is revealed as two characters ask and answer questions of each other:
1.Dialogues
2.Apology
3.Both (a) & (b)
4.None of these
What Plato Said book was written by:
1.A.E. Taylor
2.Paul Shorey
3.Jacob A. Kline
4. G. Vlastos
What was name of Platos father?
1.Ariston
2.Perictione
3.Xenophon
4.None of these
Which of Platos works describes the trial of Socrates and Socrates defense against charges that he was corrupting the youth of Athens?
1.Crito
2.Meno
3.The Apology
4.Timaeus
_______ is one of the big three in ancient Greek philosopher along with Aristotle and Socrates:
1.Eratosthenes
2.Plato
3.Diophantus
4.Eppipides
A Commentary on Platos Meno book was written by:
1.Paul Shorey
2.Jacob A. Kline
3. G. Vlastos
4.A.E. Taylor
After years of travel and study Plato founded the Academy in:
1.357 B.C.
2.367 B.C.
3.377 B.C.
4.387 B.C.
Aside from developing the system of concentric spheres upon which the epicyclic Ptolemaic arrangement of the solar system was based what other remarkable achievement was made by this great follower of Plato?
1.He first suggested that the solar system was sun-centered
2.He read all of Aristotles work straight through without falling asleep
3.He estimated the diameter and the circumference of the Earth accurately to within 1 mile
4.He estimated the solar year to be 365 days and six hours long
Eudoxus was born in:
1.Sparta
2.Stagira
3.Athens
4.Cnidus Peninsula
In The Symposium what Greek playwright suggests that all human beings are seeking their missing other halves?
1.Aristophanes
2.Aeschylus
3.Sophocles
4.Euripides
Menaechmus was a pupil of:
1.Eudoxus
2.Callipus
3.Perga
4.Appollonius
Plato established an important method which has been passed down through the ages. That is that when one has a problem that has already been solved one can work backwards from it until a statement can be reached of which the veracity has already been determined. In other words a method of attaining proofs. In which of his works was this method established?
1.Politicus
2.Meno
3.Protagoras
4.Phaedo
Plato was born in:
1.427 B.C.
2.437 B.C.
3.417 B.C.
4.327 B.C.
Which of Platos works describes the trial of Socrates and Socrates defense against charges that he was corrupting the youth of Athens?
1.Crito
2.Meno
3.The Apology
4.Timaeus
Which work of Platos was most influenced by the mystical-scientificideas of the pythagoreans?
1.Crito
2.Apology
3.Chermides
4.Timaeus
Along with his mentor Socrates and his student Aristotle helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science:
1.Socrates
2.Xenophon
3.Aristotle
4.Plato
Along with his mentor Socrates and his student Aristotle helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science:
1.Socrates
2.Xenophon
3.Aristotle
4.Plato
Another individual from the Platonic school he initiated the study of conic sections - the hyperbola the parabola and the ellipse. Who was he?
1.Menaechmus
2.Pedanius
3.Asclepiades
4.Alcmaeon
he Platonic bodies which Plato describes in his most scientific work (mentioned in the previous question) can best be characterized as what?
1.Linear Structures
2.Biological Systems
3.Astronomical Phenomenae
4.Regular Solids
In The Symposium what Greek playwright suggests that all human beings are seeking their missing other halves?
1.Aristophanes
2.Aeschylus
3.Sophocles
4.Euripides
In which Greek city was Plato born?
1.Sparta
2.Stagira
3.Athens
4.None of these
In which Greek city was Plato died?
1.Sparta
2.Stagira
3.Athens
4.None of these
Name the ancient philosopher who wrote The Republic:
1.Eratosthenes
2.Plato
3.Diophantus
4.Eppipides
Plato and his most esteemed student Aristotle both appear in the painting The School of Athens by which Renaissance masster?
1.Michaelangelo
2.Raphael
3.Leonardo da Vinci
4.Titian
Plato died at the age of:
1.76 years
2.78 years
3.79 years
4.80 years
Plato died in:
1.337 B.C.
2.357 B.C.
3.327 B.C.
4.347 B.C.
Plato The Man and His Work book was written by:
1.A.E. Taylor
2.Paul Shorey
3.Jacob A. Kline
4. G. Vlastos
Platonic Studies book was written by:
1.Jacob A. Kline
2. G. Vlastos
3.Paul Shorey
4.A.E. Taylor
Platos writings mostly take the form of _______ in which knowledge is revealed as two characters ask and answer questions of each other:
1.Dialogues
2.Apology
3.Both (a) & (b)
4.None of these
What is the primary subject of Socrates dialogues with Thaetetus?
1.The nature of human knowledge
2.Whether or not God exists
3.The best form of civic government
4.The origin of the universe
What is the subject of Platos The Symposium?
1.War
2.Love
3.Death
4.Justice
what was name of Platos mother?
1.Ariston
2.Perictione
3.Xenophon
4.None of these
Which Platonic disciple suggested that the Earth turns on its axis every 24 hours and that the solar system might be heliocentric?
1.Herophilus
2.Heracleides
3.Hero
4.Erasistratus
Which student of Plato developed the system of concentric spheres that became the epicycles of the Ptolemaic astronomical system?
1.Socrates
2.Xenophon
3.Aristotle
4.Eudoxus
Which subject does Socrates discuss in Euthyphro?
1.Piety and our duties toward the gods
2.The need to discipline children properly
3.The purpose of art and music
4. How to determine if a war is just
Who said Democracy is a charming form of government full of variety and disorder and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequal alike:
1.Eratosthenes
2.Plato
3.Diophantus
4.Eppipides
Who said Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty:
1. Eratosthenes
2.Plato
3.Diophantus
4.Eppipides
Who said He who is of a calm and happy nature willhardly feel the pressure of age but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden:
1. Eratosthenes
2.Plato
3.Diophantus
4.Eppipides
Who said Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed their hold and have escaped not from one master but from many:
1.Eratosthenes
2.Plato
3.Diophantus
4.Eppipides
Who said These then will be some of the features of democracy .... It will be in all likelihood an agreeable lawless parti-colored common wealth dealing with all alike on a footing of equality whether they be really equal or not:
1.Eratosthenes
2.Plato
3.Diophantus
4.Eppipides
Who said Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment:
1.Eratosthenes
2.Plato
3.Diophantus
4.Eppipides
Who was the mentor of Plato?
1.Xenophon
2.Aristotle
3.Socrates
4.None of these
Who was the student of Plato?
1.Xenophon
2.Aristotle
3.Socrates
4.None of these
Who was the teacher of Plato?
1.Xenophon
2.Aristotle
3.Socrates
4.None of these
_______ argues that the wrong types of literature and music can corrupt the youth of Greece and must therefore be strictly controlled:
1.Xenophon
2.Aristotle
3.Socrates
4.None of these
_________ was a Classical Greek philosopher mathematician writer of philosophical dialogues and founder of the Academy in Athens the first Institution of higher learning in the Western world:
1.Plato
2.Aristotle
3.Socrates
4.None of these