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This ancient Greek thinker wrote dialogues featuring his teacher and envisioned a state ruled by philosopher-kings.
Difficulty: Easy- Plato
- Aristotle
- Xenophon
- Isocrates
This Greek term from Aristotle refers to practical wisdom—knowing how to apply moral principles to particular situations.
Difficulty: Medium- Sophia
- Techne
- Phronesis
- Episteme
This Aristotelian term describes the condition of having conflicting desires where passion overpowers knowledge of the good.
Difficulty: Hard- Akolasia
- Akrasia
- Ataraxia
- Apatheia
The author of "Politics" classified governments by how many people rule and whether they serve the common good or private interests.
Difficulty: Easy- Plato
- Aristotle
- Cicero
- Polybius
Machiavelli wrote this lesser-known work praising republican government and analyzing the rise and fall of Rome.
Difficulty: Medium- The Art of War
- Discourses on Livy
- Florentine Histories
- The Life of Castruccio Castracani
In Hobbes's metaphysics, the commonwealth is described as an "artificial" what, created by human art to imitate nature?
Difficulty: Hard- Man
- God
- Beast
- Machine
This Roman statesman and orator wrote "On the Republic" and "On the Laws," blending Greek philosophy with Roman political practice.
Difficulty: Easy- Seneca
- Marcus Aurelius
- Cicero
- Cato the Elder
Locke argued that when government becomes tyrannical, the people have a right to do what?
Difficulty: Medium- Revolution
- Emigration
- Civil disobedience
- Petition
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