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This paper is part of an examination of the College counting towards the award of a degree. Examinations are governed by the College Regulations under the authority of the Academic Board.

BSc/BA/BEng EXAMINATION

4AANA001

Greek Philosophy I

SUMMER 2013

TIME ALLOWED: 2 HOURS

Answer TWO questions, ONE from each section.

Avoid overlap in your answers.

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Section A

1. Which conception of happiness do you find most appealing, Hesiod’s, Homer’s, or Socrates’? Justify your choice.

2. What is Socrates’ conception of happiness? Answer with reference to the Apology, the Crito, the Meno, or the Phaedo.

3. Is Meno’s paradox an impediment to Socrates’ project of enquiry?

4. Is the theory of recollection a plausible account of how we acquire knowledge? Answer by reference to the Meno or the Phaedo.

5. Is virtue teachable? Answer by reference to the Meno or the Protagoras.

6. What is the difference between knowledge and true belief in the Meno?

7. Is Socrates’ argument for the immortality of the soul in the Phaedo convincing?

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Section B

8. Does Aristotle provide a persuasive account of wisdom? Discuss by reference to Metaphysics I.1-4.

9. Explain Aristotle’s concept of nature as the inner principle of change of natural things (Physics II).

10. Why should we think that natural processes are for the sake of some good? Discuss by reference to Physics II.7-8.

11. What is Aristotle's conception of the soul?

12. Critically examine Aristotle’s “function argument” (EN I.7) which concludes that the human good is excellent activity of the rational part of the soul.

13. Is Aristotle’s account of virtue plausible?

14. Why is the mean in Aristotle’s account of virtue relative to us?

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