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Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics, and Society, Seventh Edition
Marvin Perry, Baruch College, City University of New York, Emeritus
et al.
Matching Exercises
Chapter 4: Greek Thought

C. After Socrates the two greatest philosophers of the Hellenic Age were Plato and Aristotle. Below is a list of ideas associated with one or the other of these thinkers. Select the appropriate philosopher.

1. universal principles exist in material things


2. democracy is fatally vulnerable to demagogues


3. average person is incapable of rational statesmanship


4. rule of law must restrain unruly individuals


5. rational mind may perceive universal Forms


6. moderation is the path to the good life


7. Ideas exist beyond material world


8. theory must accord with observed facts


9. polis should be governed by the middle class


10. state should be run by absolute philosopher-ruler






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