Chapter 3: Def/Quiz

In the apology, Socrates declares ____.

"The unexamined life is not worth living"

According to Socrates, nothing can harm a good man either in life or after death. (T/F)

True

At his trial, Socrates's cross-examination shows that Meletus's position is inconsistent.

True

The Socratic method often takes the form of reductio ad absurdum. (T/F)

True

According to Socrates, nothing is more important in life than ____.

care of the soul

Socrates claims that ____ is not to be feared.

death

Socrates claims to be a ____ for Athen's sake.

gadfly

Socrates professes ____.

ignorance

For Socrates, the soul is harmed by lack of ____.

knowledge

Socrates equated virtue with ____.

knowledge

Socrates's method of philosophy most often begins with a ____.

question about the meaning of a concept

Socrates immediately accepts the Oracle's pronouncement that no one in Athens is wiser than he. (T/F)

False

Socrates influenced Plato and Aristotle through his grand metaphysical systems and many written works. (T/F)

False

Socrates is a committed Sophist.

False

Socrates is primarily interested in questions about politics. (T/F)

False

Socratic Method

Question-and-answer dialogue in which propositions are methodically scrutinized to uncover the truth.

Reductio ad absurdum

An argument of this form: If you assume that a set of statements is true, and yet you can deduce a false or absurd statement from it, then the original set of statements as a whole must be false.

Socrates accepts the charges against him, but he uses the trial as an opportunity to explain how they came about. (T/F)

False

Socrates made many enemies throughout Athens by ____.

showing that people were not as wise as they thought

Socrates was branded a(n) ____ by many of his contemporaries, including the playwright Aristophanes.

sophist

Socrates was said to have been physically ____ and personally ____.

unattractive; charismatic

According to Socrates, the pursuit of ____ to the exclusion of all else is a clear sign of ____.

wealth and power; an unhealthy soul

For Socrates the good of the soul is attained only through an uncompromising search for ____.

what's true and real

Socrates believes that people pursue the good if they know what it is. (T/F)

True

Socrates often demonstrates that people who think themselves wise really are not. (T/F)

True

At his trial, Socrates refuses to cease ____even on pain of death.

philosophizing