OXFORD EXAMINATION PAPERS. Second Public Examination. PASS SCHOOL. GROUP A. I. Plato, Rep. I-IV. 1. Translate and explain : (1) Αὕτη δή, ἔφη, ἡ Σωκράτους σοφία, αὐτὸν μὲν μὴ ἐθέλειν διδάσκειν, παρὰ δὲ τῶν ἄλλων περιιόντα μανθάνειν. (2) Ταῦτα δή σοι εἱστιάσθω ἐν τοῖς Βενδιδείοις. (3) Ηγησάμενοι κάλλιστον ἀρετῆς μισθὸν μέθην αἰώνιον. (4) Ἐκ δὴ τούτων πλείω τε ἕκαστα γίγνεται καὶ κάλλιον καὶ ῥᾷον. (5) Συρακοσίαν δὴ τράπεζαν καὶ Σικελικὴν ποικιλίαν ὄψων οὐκ αἰνεῖς. (6) Τὸ θυμοειδές—ἐν τῇ τῆς ψυχῆς στάσει τιθέσθαι τὰ ὅπλα πρὸς τοῦ λογιστικοῦ. 2. What argument is based by Plato upon the term πλέον ἔχειν ? 3. What is Plato's attitude to the popular religion of his day? 4. How would Plato treat the theory that property is the basis of society? 5. On what principle does Plato base his criticisms on music and literary style? 6. By what arguments does Plato attempt to prove that the soul has different parts? |