In the context of the type of citizens who would inhabit his utopia, the Republic, Plato strongly believed that 

A. the body necessarily contributed to knowledge and failed to affect the mind if it was sick.
B. physical education was primarily concerned with personal relationships, emotional responses, and group behavior.
C. the behavior of paying attention exclusively to the mind and neglecting the body would make men soft and effeminate.
D. the effort needed to maintain a healthy body would significantly harm the intellectual development of an individual.


Answer: C

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