Quick Quiz

1. Quick Quiz Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, Analogy of the Sun

2. Allegory of the Cave What do the shadows on the cave wall represent? • qualities • the dead • humanity’s fears • sub-atomic particles • ordinary physical objects

3. Allegory of the Cave What do the objects observed outside the cave represent? • qualities • physical objects • Forms • atoms and molecules • philosophers

4. Allegory of the Cave What does the sun represent outside the cave? • the Form of yellow • the unseen law of nature • for Form of the Good • the Philosopher King • nothing, or, it represents itself

5. Allegory of the Cave When someone enlightened returns to the cave, Plato says they will be: • bumbling and confused about cave life • angry with those in the cave • desirous to return to the world above • a and b • a and c

6. Analogy of the Sun What does the Form of the Good do? • creates all the other Forms • makes objects visible • makes objects intelligible • a and b • all of the above

7. Analogy of the Sun The Principle of Self-Diffusion says: • all evil will self-destruct • entropy increases over time • The Good wears away over time • The Good logically must share • good people will reproduce

8. Analogy of the Sun In the Scala Naturae, the top animal is: • man • angels • the king • the pope • the lion

9. Analogy of the Sun The Principle of Sufficient Reason says: • a good person never acts whimsically • the universe must have a cause equal to or greater than itself • from nothing, nothing comes • everything exists • everything that exists (except God) or happens (except Free Choice of the Will) has a cause equal to or greater than itself

10. Answers 2. E 3. C 4. C 5. E 6. E 7. D 8. E 9. C