Socrates' Reflection on Fear of Death
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Who is the main speaker in Plato's Republic?

  • Plato
  • Socrates (correct)
  • Aristotle
  • Pythagoras
  • What is the main focus of Plato's Republic?

  • What is love?
  • What is knowledge?
  • What is power?
  • What is justice? (correct)
  • When was Socrates put to death by the city-state of Athens?

  • 100 CE
  • 399 BCE (correct)
  • 500 AD
  • 200 BC
  • What is the term used for the debate around distinguishing between Socrates' and Plato's thoughts in Plato's works?

    <p>The Socratic problem</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main focus of the conversation between Socrates and Polemarchus?

    <p>Analyzing the concept of justice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What character trait can be attributed to Thrasymachus based on the text?

    <p>Forceful and assertive</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does Socrates approach challenging conversations according to the text?

    <p>To think together and logically analyze ideas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Thrasymachus believe justice is primarily determined by?

    <p>The strong leader or faction in a state</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Polemarchus believe regarding justice and obedience?

    <p>Justice is the obedience which the subject renders to the rulers' commands.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Thrasymachus acknowledge about rulers commanding subjects?

    <p>Thrasymachus believed that the stronger may command the weaker to do what is not in the ruler's interest.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did Cleitophon interpret Thrasymachus' definition of justice?

    <p>The weaker should obey only when it aligns with what the stronger thinks is their interest.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Thrasymachus mean by 'the interest of the stronger'?

    <p>The weaker must follow what the stronger believes serves their own interest.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What effect does the fear of approaching death have on a person, according to the text?

    <p>It fills them with suspicions and alarms about their past wrongdoings.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the impact of conscious of no sin on a person?

    <p>It brings sweet hope and assurance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why does a man who thinks himself near death start up in fear many times, like a child in sleep?

    <p>Because of suspicions and alarms about his past transgressions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is highlighted as the great blessing of riches for a good man in the text?

    <p>Having no worries about debts owed to men or offerings due to gods.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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