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Plato

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1. According to Sophie’s teacher, what was Plato’s philosophical project?

2. How is Plato’s conception of what is eternal and immutable different than Empedocles or Democritus? What does Plato call his conception of what is eternal and immutable?

3. For Plato, what can we only have opinions of and what can we have true knowledge of? Give examples of each to illustrate Plato’s position.

4. According to Plato, where is the soul located and what happens when a soul enters a human body? What happens to the soul as we start to discover the forms of the world?

5. What is eros as related to the soul for Plato?

6. Briefly, what is the main point of Plato’s allegory of the cave – what relationship or comparison was he trying to illuminate?

7. For Plato, how many parts make up the human soul? What virtue (desirable quality) does each part aspire to?

8. How does Plato’s idea of the ideal state correspond to his idea of the human soul?

9. What might we call Plato’s ideal republic today?

10. What does Plato say about the education of women?