<p> King’s College London</p><p>UNIVERSITY OF LONDON</p><p>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.</p><p>BSc/BA/BEng EXAMINATION</p><p>4AANA001</p><p>Greek Philosophy I</p><p>SUMMER 2013</p><p>TIME ALLOWED: 2 HOURS</p><p>Answer TWO questions, ONE from each section.</p><p>Avoid overlap in your answers.</p><p>DO NOT REMOVE THIS PAPER FROM THE EXAMINATION ROOM</p><p>TURN OVER WHEN INSTRUCTED 2013 © King’s College London</p><p>1 4AANA001</p><p>Section A</p><p>1. Which conception of happiness do you find most appealing, Hesiod’s, Homer’s, or Socrates’? Justify your choice.</p><p>2. What is Socrates’ conception of happiness? Answer with reference to the Apology, the Crito, the Meno, or the Phaedo.</p><p>3. Is Meno’s paradox an impediment to Socrates’ project of enquiry?</p><p>4. Is the theory of recollection a plausible account of how we acquire knowledge? Answer by reference to the Meno or the Phaedo.</p><p>5. Is virtue teachable? Answer by reference to the Meno or the Protagoras.</p><p>6. What is the difference between knowledge and true belief in the Meno?</p><p>7. Is Socrates’ argument for the immortality of the soul in the Phaedo convincing?</p><p>SEE NEXT PAGE</p><p>2 4AANA001</p><p>Section B</p><p>8. Does Aristotle provide a persuasive account of wisdom? Discuss by reference to Metaphysics I.1-4.</p><p>9. Explain Aristotle’s concept of nature as the inner principle of change of natural things (Physics II).</p><p>10. Why should we think that natural processes are for the sake of some good? Discuss by reference to Physics II.7-8.</p><p>11. What is Aristotle's conception of the soul?</p><p>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.</p><p>13. Is Aristotle’s account of virtue plausible?</p><p>14. Why is the mean in Aristotle’s account of virtue relative to us?</p><p>FINAL PAGE</p><p>3</p>