Plato (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Quizzes
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When did Plato live?
When did Plato live?
428-347 BCE
In what year did Plato return to Athens and establish the Academy?
In what year did Plato return to Athens and establish the Academy?
388 BCE
What are Plato's three qualities that something must have to genuinely exist?
What are Plato's three qualities that something must have to genuinely exist?
Unchangeable, infinite, eternal
What did Plato call the realm containing perfect, eternal forms of things like beauty and justice?
What did Plato call the realm containing perfect, eternal forms of things like beauty and justice?
World of Ideas/Forms
How did Plato view the physical world we experience through our senses?
How did Plato view the physical world we experience through our senses?
An imperfect shadow or copy
According to Plato, what is the source of true knowledge?
According to Plato, what is the source of true knowledge?
Intellect and reason
In which work did Plato present the Allegory of the Cave?
In which work did Plato present the Allegory of the Cave?
The Republic
What do the prisoners in Plato's cave believe represents reality?
What do the prisoners in Plato's cave believe represents reality?
Shadows on the wall
What does the freed prisoner discover as the source of life and knowledge?
What does the freed prisoner discover as the source of life and knowledge?
The sun
In the Allegory of the Cave, what does the shadow world represent?
In the Allegory of the Cave, what does the shadow world represent?
World of senses (physical reality)
According to Plato's dualism, which characteristics describe the soul?
According to Plato's dualism, which characteristics describe the soul?
Eternal, good, pure, unchangeable
How did Plato describe the body's relationship to the soul?
How did Plato describe the body's relationship to the soul?
The body imprisons the soul