Religion Philosophy Quiz: The Socratic Method

Meletus

Socrate's prosecutor who charges him with the death penalty. Socrates doesn't defend himself or plea for mercy, but instead lectures the court.

Midwife analogy

Socrates described himself to help 'pregnant souls' give birth to the knowledge hidden within them

Gadfly analogy

Socrates hoped to be a gadfly to the state, pesking at them like a gadfly to a horse, 'arousing them to examine their lives'

"No harm can come to a good man"

Socrates response to his unfair death sentence, warning the court that it would only hurt them

What do I deserve?

Socrates response to the court when they asked him to suggest an alternative punishment to the death penalty (Since he wouldn't accept exile from Athens)

The Socratic method

The teaching style of asking questions continuously based on response, 'realizing what they already knew'

beliefs

moral virtue = knowledge

Absolute truths

souls have the hidden knowledge of Truth, Beauty, Goodness

Anytus and Meletus

the Athenian politicians who were threatened by Socrates, who urged those to question tradition.

Euthyphro

the man suing his dad for impiety who realizes he has no basis through Socrate's questioning: piety and what is pleasing to the Gods are two very different things

Hemlock

the poisonous herb that killed Socrates

socrate's ultimate goal

to make the soul as good as possible

beliefs

we only do evil because we believe it will do us good, we don't consciously choose evil over good