Problem
Instructions: Observe the interconnectivity of the questions. Provide examples and application to better explain your ideas. Summarize the thought and integrate your own ideas and opinions about such topic.
A. Elaborate St. Thomas Aquinas' theory on Laws and Authority. What is a Law? What are the elements of a Law? What are the Different kinds of Laws and their functions? What are the five proofs of God's existence? Why is it important to his theory of laws?
B. Explain Socrates conception of knowledge. What is knowledge and why is it important? What is the relationship between knowledge and justice? What is Socrates' "Dialectics" and how does it work? What is its role in the creation of knowledge or wisdom?
C. What is Plato's theory of the soul? What are the three parts of the soul and its individual virtue? What is a Just man? What is a just state? What are the social classes in a just state and what are their functions? How are their functions defined?
D. What is Plato's Theory of ideas? Explain the allegory of the cave. Explain the discourse between the following: Universal versus the Particular, Opinion versus Knowledge, and Logic versus Metaphysics.
E. Explain Aristotle's theory of the state. What is the origin of the state? How did the state develop out of the social institutions? What is the nature of man? Discuss Aristotle's discourse on Government and Politics. What are the True and Despotic forms of government? What are their characteristics?