Question

Socrates believed that virtue is the outcome of knowledge and that evil is fundamentally ignorance. This is an early instance of the belief that intellectual or rational is dominant in man and morally superior.
Socrates' point of view as described in the passage implies which of the following conclusions about evil people?
a. They often dominate those who are morally superior
b. They are unable to achieve complete self-knowledge
c. They are ignorant
d. They are inherently virtuous but incapable of showing it

Answer 1

Hint: This is a passage-based question. So, we carefully need to read the passage first in order to find our correct answer. We need to particularly spot words or phrases in the passage which are relevant to our question.

Complete step by step answer:

As it is clearly stated in our first line of the passage that evil is fundamental ignorance which answers our question of Socrates’ conclusions about evil people and the correct answer is an option [c], that they are ignorant. Option [a] is wrong because according to the statement the intellectual or rational is more dominant. Option [b] is wrong because Socrates states that they are ignorant and so they have incomplete knowledge. While, the option [d] is also incorrect because Socrates doesn’t state anything in the passage, about being inherently virtuous but incapable of showing it. We need to make sure while answering such questions that we do not use our own knowledge for the sake of completing or finding the answer to the given question, unless and until it’s a personal opinionated question. We only have to find the answers through the given passage.

Note: Reading the given passage continuously gives us the ability to understand the meaning and it becomes easy for one to answer the questions.