Author Question: In the reading selection from Platos Republic, Socrates argues that a true ruler is like a true ... (Read 33 times)

mwit1967 · **on:** Jul 14, 2018

In the reading selection from Platos Republic, Socrates argues that a true ruler is like a true physician or pilot in that all of them are

a. motivated by power.
b. inferior to the profession of being a philosopher.
c. more concerned with the interests of those they serve than with their own interests.
d. practicing crafts that require a great deal of skill.

Question 2

In the reading selection from Platos Republic, Socrates gets Thrasymachus assert the contradictory claim that

a. knowledge is and is not attainable.
b. it is logically necessary that God exists and logically necessary that God does not exist.
c. there is and is not a given human nature.
d. justice is and is not doing what is in the interest of those in power.