Socrates
Who wrote a comedic play ridiculing Socrates?
Aristophanes
Socrates was tried for _ and _.
Atheism, corrupting the youth
Socrates was arrested, convinced and condemned to _ by the people of Athens in 399 BC.
Death
List the names of the 'books'
Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo
Whitehead said that the history of Western thought is but a _ to Plato.
Footnote
What would Socrates gain by dying?
He believed that true knowledge was impossible in their life.
Is there a way to disentangle Socrates' views from Plato?
No, there is not.
Socrates was loosely associated with the _ that ruled Athens after the war
Oligarchs
Because of _, Socrates began a quest for the Truth.
Oracle
Information about Socrates is from who?
Plato
Who was Socrates greatest student?
Plato
Plato made who a main character in his dialogues.
Socrates
Who said: "An unexamined life in not worth living?
Socrates
Socrates
Son of a wealthy Athenian Sculptor
Vocab
Sophist
What did his enemies call him?
Sophist
The people of Athens would of let him go if he....
Stopped philosophizing
What is a sophist?
Teachers who charged money to teach students how to win arguments with truth
In _ _, Socrates is portrayed as a Sophist.
The Clouds
Socrates said that....
The only thing he knew for sure was that he didn't know anything.
Aristoplanes (c. 446-388) was known as....
The prince of comedy
What did he discover?
The wise men didn't know as much as they thought they did.
Why was Socrates arguing?
To find out the truth.
He went around asking questions such as...
What is Justice
Did Socrates refuse help to escape?
Yes, he did refuse.
Did Socrates welcome death?
Yes.
Did Socrates fight in the Peloponnesian War?
Yes. He did fight.