Question

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quiz on platos learning, leisure, and happiness
true or false: according to the reading, it turns out that all learning is pursued for the sake of hidden personal agendas or ulterior motives like military victory, wealth, political success, social domination, impressing others, etc.
true or false: according to the reading, it turns out the objects of our desires are less like items in a restaurant buffet and more like rivers with a force, pressure, and direction all their own.

Explanation:

1. The statement that all learning is for hidden personal agendas is an over - generalization. There can be learning for the sake of knowledge itself.
2. Comparing the objects of desires to rivers with their own force, pressure and direction is a valid metaphor suggesting that desires are dynamic and have an inherent nature.

Answer:

1. False
2. True