Plato
Aside from developing the system of concentric spheres upon which the epicyclic Ptolemaic arrangement of the solar system was based, what other remarkable achievement was made by this great follower of Plato?
He first suggested that the solar system was sun-centered
He read all of Aristotle’s work straight through without falling asleep
He estimated the diameter and the circumference of the Earth accurately to within 1 mile
He estimated the solar year to be 365 days and six hours long
He estimated the solar year to be 365 days and six hours long
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Plato was born 427-8 BC and died at the age of:A. 80
B. 76
C. 74
D. None of these
The author of the Book The Laws was:
A. Homer
B. Plato
C. Solon
D. None of these
Aristotle was a(n) _____ while Plato was a(n) _____.
A. Empiricist; Nativist
B. Structuralist; Functionalist
C. Functionalist; Structuralist
D. Nativist; Empiricist
The author of the book โStatesman’ is:
A. Aristotle
B. Machiavelli
C. Plato
D. None of these
Plato wrote the famous book:
A. Leviathan
B. The Republic
C. The clouds
D. None of these
The Fascism of Plato got birth in 4th century BC, whereas the modern Fascism is the product of:
A. 18th Century
B. 19th Century
C. 20th Century
D. None of these
According to Plato the population of an ideal state should be:
A. 5040
B. 50400
C. 50040
D. None of these
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