Political Science · Western Political Thought
Plato was which of the following?
- 1. A radical rationalist
- 2. A comparativist
- 3. A constitutionalist
- 4. A normativist philosopher
- 5. Utopian and romantic
A1 and 2
B1, 4 and 5 ✓ Correct
C1, 2, 3 and 4
D2, 3 and 4
Correct answer: (B) 1, 4 and 5 — Items 1, 4 and 5 describe Plato, so the answer is 1, 4 and 5.
Explanation
★Items 1, 4 and 5 describe Plato, so the answer is 1, 4 and 5.
★Plato was a radical rationalist who trusted reason over the senses.
★He was a normativist who asked what the ideal state ought to be.
★Of all the classical thinkers he had the most romantic and utopian vision.
★He was a deductivist, reasoning from first principles down to conclusions.
★He was not a comparativist or an empirical constitutionalist like Aristotle.
★So the rationalist, normativist and utopian traits fit Plato.
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