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This is today's quiz, in its ideal Platonic form. I rearranged/excerpted some of your answers.

Stupidocles:
"A 4-legged animal that barks." (Jie)
"A pet that barks and wags his tail." (Jessica)
"A dog is an animal that helps me hunt." (Monique)
"Everyone should own a dog." (Ivan)

Dogistotle:
"An animal created when a male and female dog mate." (Jeffrey)
"The result of breeding different types of wolves until we are eventually left with a trainable and obedient hybrid." (Stephanie)

Gorgias:
"A something." (Kate)
"A dog is your best friend! It scares cats and rats away from your house! You should get one!" (Wes)
"Would a child be happier with a dog? The answer is yes!" (Shae)

Xenocrates:
"A dog is not real, it comes from dogness" (Kiyomi)
"A dog is merely a copy of an ideal dog."
"Part of the idea of dogness." (Hannah)

Democritus:
"Fur, muscle, blood, etc."
"Something that is made of atomic matter." (Florence)
"Made up of matter like everything else in the world." (Leah)

Aristotle:
"An animal with four legs, two eyes, a nose, a mouth, and has fur. Can jump, run, eat, etc.
"A potentiality actualized by a soul." (Ariana)
"A living thing, which has a soul yet has no intellect or reason." (Jessica)
"Their noses have the cold and wet attribute." (Ivan)
"The soul of a dog cannot live without its body." (Rosemary)