Question
This philosopher’s use of a word that can mean “remedy” or “poison” is analyzed by Jacques Derrida in an essay titled for this thinker’s “Pharmacy.” Ammonius Sacchus taught a founder of a philosophical school named for this thinker, who collected 54 treatises into the Enneads. Porphyry and Plotinus were members of a philosophical school named for this thinker that identified the absolute, transcendent One with this philosopher’s Form of the Good. A work by this author contains an allegory about a group of people who are only able to see the shadows on the wall of a cave. For 10 points, name this student of Socrates whose dialogues included the Republic. ■END■
ANSWER: Plato [or Platon; accept Neoplatonism or “Plato’s Pharmacy”; accept Socrates before “Pharmacy” is mentioned]
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Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Geoffrey Wu (UG) | Columbia A | Maryland | 52 | 10 |
Andrew Yang (UG) | Columbia B | Princeton | 72 | 10 |
Kaiden Carey (DII) | Penn | Swarthmore B | 89 | 10 |
Keegan Martin (UG) | NYU A | NYU C | 90 | 10 |
Waldo Dang (DII) | Lehigh | Rutgers | 91 | 10 |
Ashish Kumbhardare | Rowan | University of Delaware B | 97 | 10 |