Core Philosophy 101 (CUI) Final Exam 2023 Questions
and Answers with complete solution
Who wrote Meno and the Republic?
Plato
Who wrote Metaphyics, Physics, and Nicomachean Ethics?
Aristotle
Who wrote Outlines of Pyrrhonism?
Sextus Empiricus
Who wrote On the Nature of Things?
Lucretius
Who wrote Confessions?
Augustine
What is the major theme of Meno?
The definition of virtue
What is the major theme of the Republic?
The ultimate nature of reality, metaphysics, epistemology and allegory of the
cave/analogy of the divided line
What is the major theme of Metaphysics?
How we take in knowledge of the world around us through the five senses
What is the major theme of Physics?
The four causes of things
What is the major theme of Nichomachean Ethics?
Ethics/morality and how one becomes virtuous
What is the major theme of Outlines of Pyrrhonism?
Skepticism and can truth be known?
What is the major theme of On the Nature of Things?
What are things made out of? Things are either atoms or The Void
What is the major theme of Confessions?
Did God create evil? What is evil? Where did it come from? Where did it go? (Where did
it come from, Cotton Eyed Joe?)
What are the relationships between Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and Alexander the Great?
Socrates taught Plato, Plato taught Aristotle, Aristotle taught Alexander the Great.
Does Meno give Socrates a definition of virtue?
Not really. There is no solid definition of virtue. He gives examples: virtue must be the
desire to do good and the ability to attain it.
What did Socrates argue about people who commit evil acts?
People lack the knowledge of what is good, not the will to do it.
What is the paradox Meno points out in regard to truth?
How are you going to look for truth/falsehood when you don't know it?
How does Socrates answer Meno's Paradox?
Once it is found, he will know what it is. Transmigration of the soul will show you what
goodness is. Learning is recollection.
What does Socrates argue in regard to virtue? What is it? Can it be taught?
and Answers with complete solution
Who wrote Meno and the Republic?
Plato
Who wrote Metaphyics, Physics, and Nicomachean Ethics?
Aristotle
Who wrote Outlines of Pyrrhonism?
Sextus Empiricus
Who wrote On the Nature of Things?
Lucretius
Who wrote Confessions?
Augustine
What is the major theme of Meno?
The definition of virtue
What is the major theme of the Republic?
The ultimate nature of reality, metaphysics, epistemology and allegory of the
cave/analogy of the divided line
What is the major theme of Metaphysics?
How we take in knowledge of the world around us through the five senses
What is the major theme of Physics?
The four causes of things
What is the major theme of Nichomachean Ethics?
Ethics/morality and how one becomes virtuous
What is the major theme of Outlines of Pyrrhonism?
Skepticism and can truth be known?
What is the major theme of On the Nature of Things?
What are things made out of? Things are either atoms or The Void
What is the major theme of Confessions?
Did God create evil? What is evil? Where did it come from? Where did it go? (Where did
it come from, Cotton Eyed Joe?)
What are the relationships between Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and Alexander the Great?
Socrates taught Plato, Plato taught Aristotle, Aristotle taught Alexander the Great.
Does Meno give Socrates a definition of virtue?
Not really. There is no solid definition of virtue. He gives examples: virtue must be the
desire to do good and the ability to attain it.
What did Socrates argue about people who commit evil acts?
People lack the knowledge of what is good, not the will to do it.
What is the paradox Meno points out in regard to truth?
How are you going to look for truth/falsehood when you don't know it?
How does Socrates answer Meno's Paradox?
Once it is found, he will know what it is. Transmigration of the soul will show you what
goodness is. Learning is recollection.
What does Socrates argue in regard to virtue? What is it? Can it be taught?
