PLSC THEORY EXAM WITH 100%
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
"What is the best constitution, and what is the best life for most city states and most
human beings, judging neither by a virtue that is beyond the reach of ordinary people...
but by a life that most people can share and a constitution in which most city-states can
participate?" - Answer- Aristotle
A just city "will be governed, not like the majority of cities nowadays, by people who fight
over shadows and struggle against one another in order to rule... but by people who are
awake rather than dreaming" - Answer- Plato
"Isn't it appropriate for the rational part to rule, since it is really wise and exercises
foresight on behalf of the whole soul, and for the spirited part to obey it and be its ally?"
- Answer- Plato
"It looks as though this is the finest or most beautiful of the constitutions, for, like a coat
embroidered with every kind of ornament, this city embroidered with every kind of
character type would seem such pleasure and desires, be the most beautiful... Isn't that
a divine and pleasant life, while it lasts?" - Answer- Plato
Telos = "Ultimate goal" of an object/practice - Answer- Aristotle
Flourishing requires developing the right character traits (virtue) - Answer- Aristotle
Language leads to flourishing - Answer- Aristotle
Polis is the stage where humans use language to flourish - Answer- Aristotle
Those who lack reason need to be ruled over and become slaves - Answer- Aristotle
There are natural rulers and naturally ruled - Answer- Aristotle
Politics depends on an underclass to support the flourishing, rational fe - Answer-
Aristotle
Bad Citizenship = Considers only self interest
Good Citizenship = Considers others - Answer- Aristotle
, Citizenship is like friendship - Answer- Aristotle
Polity is best regime - Answer- Aristotle
Stability relays on relatively equal distribution of wealth - Answer-
Justice = Everyone doing their own work in not meddling in anyone else's - Answer-
Plato
Just city is a specialized city - Answer- Plato
Producers - Answer- Plato:
Produce goods and fulfill appetites
Motivated by pleasure and self interest
Auxiliaries - Answer- Plato:
Enforce rules and protect territory
Motivated by honor and glory
Rulers - Answer- Plato:
Set rules and direct the city as a whole
Motivated by the good of the city
Philosopher Kings should rule - Answer- Plato
The good is real, true and objective - Answer- Plato
Aristocracy is best regime - Answer- Plato
People cannot rule themselves because they will put their own needs about the needs
of the nation, democracy will collapse into tyranny - Answer- Plato
Total freedom is a kind of "unfreedom" - Answer- Plato
How are modern countries different from ancient city states? - Answer- More complex,
diverse, technically sophisticated
Humans in their natural state have in common the motive of felicity, capacity or
rationality and the vulnerability of dying a violent death - Answer- Hobbes
In the State of nature, all people have the Right of Nature: the ability to do whatever it
takes to surive, and this leads to conflict - Answer- Hobbes
Life in the natural state is life in a state of war of all against all - Answer- Hobbes
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
"What is the best constitution, and what is the best life for most city states and most
human beings, judging neither by a virtue that is beyond the reach of ordinary people...
but by a life that most people can share and a constitution in which most city-states can
participate?" - Answer- Aristotle
A just city "will be governed, not like the majority of cities nowadays, by people who fight
over shadows and struggle against one another in order to rule... but by people who are
awake rather than dreaming" - Answer- Plato
"Isn't it appropriate for the rational part to rule, since it is really wise and exercises
foresight on behalf of the whole soul, and for the spirited part to obey it and be its ally?"
- Answer- Plato
"It looks as though this is the finest or most beautiful of the constitutions, for, like a coat
embroidered with every kind of ornament, this city embroidered with every kind of
character type would seem such pleasure and desires, be the most beautiful... Isn't that
a divine and pleasant life, while it lasts?" - Answer- Plato
Telos = "Ultimate goal" of an object/practice - Answer- Aristotle
Flourishing requires developing the right character traits (virtue) - Answer- Aristotle
Language leads to flourishing - Answer- Aristotle
Polis is the stage where humans use language to flourish - Answer- Aristotle
Those who lack reason need to be ruled over and become slaves - Answer- Aristotle
There are natural rulers and naturally ruled - Answer- Aristotle
Politics depends on an underclass to support the flourishing, rational fe - Answer-
Aristotle
Bad Citizenship = Considers only self interest
Good Citizenship = Considers others - Answer- Aristotle
, Citizenship is like friendship - Answer- Aristotle
Polity is best regime - Answer- Aristotle
Stability relays on relatively equal distribution of wealth - Answer-
Justice = Everyone doing their own work in not meddling in anyone else's - Answer-
Plato
Just city is a specialized city - Answer- Plato
Producers - Answer- Plato:
Produce goods and fulfill appetites
Motivated by pleasure and self interest
Auxiliaries - Answer- Plato:
Enforce rules and protect territory
Motivated by honor and glory
Rulers - Answer- Plato:
Set rules and direct the city as a whole
Motivated by the good of the city
Philosopher Kings should rule - Answer- Plato
The good is real, true and objective - Answer- Plato
Aristocracy is best regime - Answer- Plato
People cannot rule themselves because they will put their own needs about the needs
of the nation, democracy will collapse into tyranny - Answer- Plato
Total freedom is a kind of "unfreedom" - Answer- Plato
How are modern countries different from ancient city states? - Answer- More complex,
diverse, technically sophisticated
Humans in their natural state have in common the motive of felicity, capacity or
rationality and the vulnerability of dying a violent death - Answer- Hobbes
In the State of nature, all people have the Right of Nature: the ability to do whatever it
takes to surive, and this leads to conflict - Answer- Hobbes
Life in the natural state is life in a state of war of all against all - Answer- Hobbes
