Ancient Greek Influences

Question 1

What are Plato’s forms?

Answer 1

Perfect expressions of something that can never change (E.g. justice, truth & beauty)

Question 2

What was Plato’s demiurge?

Answer 2

The creator of the universe who desires the best for humanity

Question 3

What quote demonstrates Plato’s Analogy of the Cave?

Answer 3

“How could they see anything but the shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads?”

Question 4

Who was Meno?

Answer 4

The slave boy who had knowledge of mathematics despite never being taught, through the socratic method

Question 5

What was Aristotle’s Prime Mover?

Answer 5

The indestructible, eternal & unmovable creator of the universe w/ no intentions for creation

Question 6

What were Plato’s Four Causes?

Answer 6

Material
Formal
Efficient
Final

Question 7

Criticisms of Aristotle

Answer 7

EMPIRICISM - senses can be deceived, many people experience lucid dreams & hallucinations (E.g. my senses tell me that when I put a pencil into a glass of water, it bends - but reason overrides this)

FOUR CAUSES - Dawkins & Russel criticised the idea that the universe needs a telos, it isn’t ‘supposed’ to do anything it just exists as a result of chance (E.g. Big Bang Theory)

Question 8

Strengths of Plato

Answer 8

FORMS - explains how two people w/ the same upbringing and schooling can have totally different academic abilities (E.g. Meno), giving us certainty in regards to things like maths