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Multiple Choice
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?
- They often dominate those who are morally superior
- They are unable to achieve complete self knowledge
- They are ignorant
- They are inherently virtuous but incapable of showing it