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Socrates believed that virtue is the outcome of knowledge and that evil is fundamentally ignorance. This is an early instance of the belief that the 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?
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They are ignorant
💡 Explanation:
Option C is the correct answer because according to the first sentence, evil is fundamentally ignorance.
Option A is incorrect because according to the statement the intellectual or rational is more dominant.
Option B is incorrect because Socrates says that they are ignorant and hence have no knowledge.
Option D is incorrect because Socrates doesn’t make a statement like this in the given passage.