Read the attached readings on Plato and Aristotle and answer the questions below.
Do the Plato reading and answer these questions:
* What does Plato mean when he talks about the world of Forms?
* What is justice? Who defines its meaning?
* How does Socrates challenge this definition, according to Plato?
* Into which groups does Plato divide human beings? What are Plato’s criteria for this
division?
* Who rules this ideal society?
* Why does Plato feel that a democracy is not the ideal form of government?
Do the Aristotle reading and answer these questions:
* According to Aristotle, how do we know that something is “true?”
* What method does Aristotle use to approach a problem?
* Where does Aristotle feel that complete certainty is not possible? Why does he take that
view?
* What are the four things that cause motion and change in the universe, according to
Aristotle?
* Why does Aristotle feel it is harder to be certain about the truth of major ethical
principles?
* How does Aristotle resolve this problem?
* How was Aristotle’s philosophy fundamentally different from Plato’s thinking?