Final Exam

Question 1

The Ergon Argument (Aristotle)

Answer 1

Human good is the activity of the rational part of the human soul on the basis of virtue and if there are more virtues than one, on the basis of the best and most end-like and moreover in complete life

Question 2

Virtues of Thought (Aristotle)

Answer 2

Theoretical wisdom and practical wisdom

Question 3

Process (Aristotle)

Answer 3

Complete when you’re done

Question 4

Activity (Aristotle)

Answer 4

Doesn’t need to be completed

Question 5

Voluntary action (Aristotle)

Answer 5

Not caused by force or ignorance and the principle of the action is in the agent

Question 6

Happiness (Aristotle)

Answer 6

Part of the soul that expresses virtue

Question 7

Virtue of Character (Aristotle)

Answer 7

Justice, bravery, moderation, etc.

Question 8

Moderate (Aristotle)

Answer 8

Right amount of food, drink, and sex

Question 9

Highest Good (Aristotle)

Answer 9

Happiness

Question 10

Study (Aristotle)

Answer 10

Most god-like activity

The more someone studies the happier they are

Question 11

Four Causes (of Statue of Hermes) (Aristotle)

Answer 11

Formal (shape of Hermes)
Material (bronze)
Moving (sculptor’s knowledge of the art of sculpture)
Final (beauty, something to look at, ornamentation)

Question 12

Universal (Aristotle)

Answer 12

Reason, memory
Ignorance of the universal makes you blameworthy
(All men are mortal, sweet foods are bad)

Question 13

Particular (Aristotle)

Answer 13

Perception
Ignorance of the particulars are caused by ignorance
(Socrates is a man, this is a sweet food)

Question 14

Plato’s Theory of Forms

Answer 14

Nothing is real or concrete

Question 15

Aristotle’s Theory of Substantial Individuals as Composites of Form and Matter

Answer 15

There is a subject that causes change

Question 16

Form (Aristotle)

Answer 16

Characteristics that make a thing what it is

Question 17

Matter (Aristotle)

Answer 17

That which a thing is made of

Question 18

Nature (Aristotle)

Answer 18

Has written within itself a principle of motion

Growth, decay

Question 19

Craft (Aristotle)

Answer 19

Has no innate impulse to change, change is put there by the craftsman

Question 20

Prime Mover (Aristotle)

Answer 20

Always essentially active
No matter to make it inactive
Perfect, immovable
God

Question 21

Second Movers (Aristotle)

Answer 21

Heavens

Trying to imitate the prime mover

Question 22

Final Cause for Animals (Aristotle)

Answer 22

Survive and reproduce

Question 23

Final Cause for Humans (Aristotle)

Answer 23

Happiness, reason

Question 24

Spirit (Socrates)

Answer 24

Anger, shame, honor, etc.

Question 25

Reason (Socrates)

Answer 25

Calculating, thinking ahead

Question 26

Appetite (Socrates)

Answer 26

What is wanted now, thirst, sexual drive

Question 27

Cardinal Virtues (Socrates)

Answer 27

Wisdom, courage/bravery, moderation/temperance, justice

Question 28

Finest Good (Socrates)

Answer 28

Justice

Question 29

Knowledge(Socrates)

Answer 29

Set over what is Being Forms

Question 30

Opinion (Socrates)

Answer 30

Set over what is and is not Becoming Sensible world

Question 31

Ignorance (Socrates)

Answer 31

Set over what is not Not being Nothing

Question 32

Tripartition Argument (Socrates)

Answer 32

Three parts in the soul: reason, spirit, and appetite

Question 33

Principle of Opposites (Socrates)

Answer 33

You can't do two things that are opposite at the same time, respect, or relation

Question 34

Final Argument (Socrates)

Answer 34

Things are _____ because of the Form of _____ Forms are never mixed with their opposite Form of Life cannot be destoyed, flees from the body at death

Question 35

The Soul (Socrates)

Answer 35

The soul necessarily brings the Form of Life

Question 36

Epistemic Argument (Socrates)

Answer 36

Reality is eternal, unchangeable, and immaterial | Learning is recollecting what you already know

Question 37

Cyclical Argument (Socrates)

Answer 37

Anything that comes to be comes from its opposite | Soul comes from the dead