Question

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?

• A. They often dominate those who are morally superior
• B. They are unable to achieve complete self knowledge
• C. They are ignorant
• D. They are inherently virtuous but incapable of showing it

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

They are ignorant

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.