RC4

After Socrates says the city seems founded, what does he propose as the next step?

Correct answer: Look inside the city to locate justice and injustice

If the city has been correctly founded, it is “completely good.” Which qualities does Socrates list?

 Correct answer: Wise, courageous, temperate, and just

Why does Socrates say the city is wise?

 Correct answer: Because rulers deliberate about the city as a whole

The knowledge called wisdom belongs primarily to which group?

 Correct answer: The smallest ruling class

What makes the city courageous?

 Correct answer: Defenders preserving the law’s beliefs about what to fear

In the dyeing analogy, what can wash beliefs out?

 Correct answer: Pleasure, pain, fear, and appetite

Before turning to justice, which virtues remain?

 Correct answer: Temperance and justice

Temperance in the city is described as a kind of:

 Correct answer: Harmony throughout the whole city

Temperance involves rulers and subjects:

 Correct answer: Sharing the same belief about who should rule

Justice in the city is identified as:

 Correct answer: Everyone doing their own work and not meddling

In lawsuits, rulers aim to ensure:

 Correct answer: No one has what belongs to another

The greatest harm to the city occurs when:

Correct answer: Classes exchange roles or meddle

Why does Socrates turn to the soul?

 Correct answer: To see whether the same account applies to the individual

The “trivial investigation” asks whether:

 Correct answer: The soul has the same three parts as the city

What principle does Socrates use to argue for parts in the soul?

 Correct answer: The same thing cannot do opposites in the same respect at the same time

Thirst itself is:

 Correct answer: Desire for drink simply

If someone is thirsty but unwilling to drink, Socrates concludes:

 Correct answer: Different elements must be at work

The element that stops a thirsty person from drinking is:

 Correct answer: Rational calculation

The story of Leontius shows that:

Correct answer: Spirit can oppose appetite

Spirit is distinct from reason because:

 Correct answer: Spirit appears in children before reason

In the just person, which part should rule?

 Correct answer: Reason

Socrates says there are how many types of constitution and soul?

 Correct answer: Five