What is distinction plato draws between science-dialectic

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1. Draw Plato's Divided Line and explain what each of its parts represent.

2. What two relationships exist between a Form and some visible thing that "participates" in it?

3. What is the distinction Plato draws between "science" and "dialectic," and how does this relate to the distinction between hypthese and first principles?

4. What is the argument that purports to show that the Starting Point --- the rightmost point on the Divided Line --- is the Form of the Good?

5. How do Plato's arguments up to this point help him achieve his aims?

6. What argument is offered for the soul's immortality?

7. WHy does Plato consider philosophy as "training for dying"?

8. What are the parts of the soul? What are their functions?

9. What question does the Ring of Gyges story pose?

10. What is happiness? Unhappiness?

11. What is the psychology of the just person? Of the unjust person?

12. How is justice in the soul related to moral behavior in the community? Relate this to the image of the man, the lion, and the monster.

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