The principle contribution of Plato and Aristotle to the discipline of Political Science

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The principle contribution of Plato and Aristotle
to the discipline of Political Science

• Was in the area of normative theory
• was essentially in the field of public law
• was in their belief in democratic government
• was in the area of power politics
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According to Aristotle

• Political science should be an exact and precise
  science
• mathematical theorems should govern political
  inquiries
• politics is beyond rational study
• politics is not an exact theoretical science
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3
Periodic elections, limited duration of
legislative sessions, and the separation of power
were limits put on governmental power by

• Rousseau
• Locke
• Burke
• Hobbes
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4
The most important political thinker of the
Romantic Era was

• G.F. Hegel
• Immanuel Kant
• Jean J. Rousseau
• John Madison
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5
The intellectual concept state of nature is
associated with which of the following?

• Idealism
• Marxism
• Liberalism
• Fascism
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The doctrine of the golden mean

• Was espoused by Aristotle
• was the ethical basis for the Sophists
• was part of Ciceros legal dogma
• was a major Socratic premise
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The doctrine of original sin

• Was propounded by St. Ambrose
• was part of the theology of St. Gregory
• was the key element in the thought of St.
  Augustine
• was Luthers complaint against the Roman Church
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8
When Karl Marx wrote his blueprint for a better
society, he was influenced greatly

• By the condition of the urban proletariat
• by the philosophy of Hegel
• by economic matters
• all of the above
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Which of the following is not correct?

• Platos ideal form of government was elitist
• Platos best possible form of government was a
  polity
• Plato did not care for democratic rule
• Plato believed that only a special few should
  have political power
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The first major Christian thinker was

• St. Thomas Aquinas
• Aristotle
• St. Just
• St. Augustine

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The Enlightenment period

• Was an era of reason and progress
• made no lasting contribution to political thought
• stresses feeling over rationality
• claimed Rousseau as its leading thinker
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12
Universal moral rules of obligation known by
reason alone are often called

• Natural rights
• divine rights
• natural laws
• conventions
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13
Inner contentment and the supremacy of Natural
Law are part of

• Stoicism
• Platonism
• Socratic method
• Augustinian thought
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The combining of evolutionary biology with the
laissez faire state is found in the theory of

• James Mill
• Herbert Spencer
• T.H. Greene
• Jeremy Bentham
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15
Imperialism as the final stage of capitalism was

• Lenins addition to Marxism
• part of classical Marxism
• a premise of fascist theory
• a socialist premise
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On Liberty was authored by

• Jeremy Bentham
• J. S. Mill
• James Mill
• Herbert Spencer
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17
That economic relationships determine most
aspects of human existence is central to

• Fascism
• Communism
• National Socialism
• Liberalism
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18
The principle of the greatest happiness for the
greatest number is part of

• Common law
• civil law
• utilitarianism
• natural law
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19
The most widely recognized philosopher of
Conservatism is

• Edmund Burke
• G. Gentile
• T. Hobbes
• John Locke
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The importance of Machiavelli in political
science lies in the fact that he

• Is the author of the social contract theory
• separated politics from religion in his
  commentaries
• supported the divine right of kings
• was the first democratic thinker in western
  political thought
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The statement truth is in words not in things

• Is a rationalistic argument
• was uttered by Descartes
• reflects the view of nominalism
• was St. Augustines theological premise
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22
Which of the following is not correct regarding
the core values of liberalism?

• The political core includes popular sovereignty
• capitalism is the only logical economic system
• the moral core includes values derived from
  antiquity
• the political core includes consent and
  constitutionalism
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23
Who of the following did not advocate independent
state control from the church?

• Dante
• William of Ockham
• Marsiglio of Padua
• Gregory
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24
The general will was a concept of

• Thomas Hobbes
• Jean J. Rousseau
• Montesquieu
• Immanuel Kant
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Transcendental thinkers such as Emerson and
Thoreau

• Contributed to the 19th Century understanding of
  American community
• supported Luthers view of church-state relations
• had no influence on the political thought of
  their generation, but influenced 20th century
  thought
• believed in the primacy of individual conscience
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According to both St. Augustine and John Locke,
the core function of government

• Is to extend the voting franchise
• is education
• should be fragmented, divided and subject to
  checks and balances
• is public safety
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Aristotle argued for a mixed regime in order to

• Provide diversity
• advance Athenian political influence
• perpetuate the ideas of Plato
• advance governmental stability
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A concern with moral law and the autonomy of will
would best describe

• The writings of Immanuel Kant
• the writings of John Locke
• the writings of Condorcet
• the writings of Thomas Paine
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29
The author of Reflections on the Revolution in
France was

• Adam Smith
• Edmund Burke
• Thomas Paine
• Johann Fichte
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Superman and the will to power were concepts
introduced by

• Georges Sorel
• Friedrich Nietzsche
• Benito Mussolini
• Gustav Le Bon
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