Why is it impossible to draw a true triangle, and how does this lend support to Plato's theory of Forms?

What will be an ideal response?


We have an idea of a triangle as having exactly straight sides, lines without any particular thickness, and exact angles. However, the particular triangle that I draw, would not (even with perfect instruments) have exactly straight sides; its lines would have thickness, and so forth. Plato would point out that our idea of a triangle is one without these imperfections and that this does not exist anywhere in this material world.

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Which item in the following set of claims has the most negative emotive meaning?a. Conversation is not Daryll's forte.b. Daryll descends from simple folk, you know, "people of the earth."c. Daryll is not very clever.d. Daryll would lose a duel of wits with a gum ball machine.

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In West African thought, Mawu comes closest to:

a. yin b. yang c. both yin and yang d. neither yin nor yang

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Gandhi argues that passive resistance always excludes violence

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. If interest rates rise, then home sales will decline. Thus, if interest rates rise, then real estate prices will drop, because if home sales decline, then real estate prices will drop

A) Deductive, invalid. B) Inductive, cogent. C) Deductive, valid. D) Inductive, weak. E) Inductive, strong.

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