Guide Questions for Oral Recitation

1. How does Plato view the human soul? In what sense is it parallel to ideas?
2. How does Plato view the human body? In what way does it imprison the human soul?
3. Discuss the dualistic nature of man.
4. Those who practice philosophy in the right way are in training for dying and they fear
death least of all men. Explain.
5. Describe the three parts of the human soul.
6. What is the role of reason over the other two parts of the human soul?
7. Why does Plato view the human person as a social being?
8. How will the human person be affected if he shuts himself away from the
community?
9. Briefly explain the two-world theory of Plato.
10. What does it mean by Socratic dialogue? Explain briefly this statement of Socrates “ I
know that I do not know, that is why I need to ask question”.

Exercise IV
Name:_____________________________Date: ______________________
Course/Year and Section: _____________Score: ______________________
Direction: A. Unscramble each of the clue words.
B. Take the letters that appear in boxes and unscramble them for the
final message.