intro/Socrates/Euthyphro/apology

Question 1

what does philosophia mean

Answer 1

philo- the love of

sophia- wisdom

Question 2

what is the difference between a philosophical and nonphilosophical question?

Answer 2

philosophical- no one answer

nonphilosophical- based in fact. one for sure answer

Question 3

what is ethics

Answer 3

study of right and wrong

Question 4

what is metaphysics

Answer 4

study of reality

Question 5

what is epistemology

Answer 5

study of knowledge

Question 6

what is ontology

Answer 6

the study of being/existing

Question 7

what is aesthetics

Answer 7

the study of beauty

Question 8

what is logic

Answer 8

the study of valid reasoning

Question 9

what are philosophers who came before Socrates called

Answer 9

pre-Socratics

Question 10

what question did pre-socratics strive to answer

Answer 10

what is the origin of the world

Question 11

define piety/pious

Answer 11

good

Question 12

was socrates known for writing books

Answer 12

no.

Question 13

who is the main source of information about Socrates

Answer 13

plato

Question 14

Were Socrates dialogues written before or after he died

Answer 14

after

Question 15

what are the early platonic dialogues

Answer 15

Euthyphro, Crito, Apology

Question 16

What does it mean that the outcome of earl dialogues were negative

Answer 16

No one agreed upon solution

Question 17

the participant in an early dialogue had to admit what in the end

Answer 17

ignorance

Question 18

in what year(s) was Socrates born

Answer 18

470/69

Question 19

What did Socrates parents do

Answer 19

sculptor and a midwife

Question 20

Socrates did not give birth to original ideas. what did he do

Answer 20

Examines others ideas and looks for falsehoods and consistency

Question 21

was Socrates considered handsome or ugly?

Answer 21

ugly

Question 22

Where did socrates hold most of his conversations

Answer 22

public places

Question 23

The Sophists were teachers of what

Answer 23

excellence

Question 24

what fascinated socrates

Answer 24

human life

Question 25

Did socrates have a school

Answer 25

no

Question 26

did socrates charge people

Answer 26

no

Question 27

was socrates a teacher

Answer 27

no

Question 28

did the sophists have schools

Answer 28

yes

Question 29

were the sophists teachers

Answer 29

yes

Question 30

did the sophists charge money

Answer 30

yes

Question 31

the sophists used the art of communication to do what

Answer 31

win an argument

Question 32

Socrates used the art of communication to do what

Answer 32

to reach the truth

Question 33

what is dialectics

Answer 33

the way Socrates communicates with others | proposal- question-difficulties with it- new propsoal- questions

Question 34

using dialectics often ended i error or truth

Answer 34

error

Question 35

"the unexamined life..."

Answer 35

"is not worth living"

Question 36

what is euthyphro occupation

Answer 36

priest

Question 37

who is indicting Socrates

Answer 37

Meletus

Question 38

where do Socrates and Eu see each other

Answer 38

court

Question 39

What has Socrates been accuse of in regards of the gods

Answer 39

Creates new gods and disregards the old ones

Question 40

Who is Eu taking to court and what is the charge

Answer 40

his father, murder

Question 41

What does Socrates tell Euthyphro he wants to become

Answer 41

his student/pupil

Question 42

What does Eu say piety is initially What is wrong with this

Answer 42

To prosecute the wrong doer It is an action not a definition

Question 43

What is he first actual Definition Eu gives for piety whats wrong with it

Answer 43

What is dear to the Gods is pious The gods don't all agree on pious actions

Question 44

What is Eus second definition of piety What is wrong with it

Answer 44

Piety is what ALL gods love the love of gods is a characteristic of piety not a definition and the gods can never agree on whats good

Question 45

If piety is what all gods love that leaves us with what two options

Answer 45

1. The love of all the gods causes piety | 2. All gods love is the effect of piety (see piety then love it)

Question 46

What idea does Socrates introduce to Eu for the third definition of piety

Answer 46

Justice

Question 47

What analogy does Socrates use to help Euthyphro understand the question " what part of justice is piety?"

Answer 47

fear/shame

Question 48

What is Euthyphros third definition what is wrong with it

Answer 48

Piety is caring for the gods Humans can't care for the gods because gods are perfect

Question 49

what does it mean to sacrifice

Answer 49

to give

Question 50

what does it mean to pray

Answer 50

to beg

Question 51

What is Euthyphros fourth definition what is wrong with it

Answer 51

Piety is knowledge, prayer and sacrifice We sacrifice what is dear to us. But it isn't dear to all the gods

Question 52

What does apology mean

Answer 52

defense

Question 53

What happens if someone is found guilty in court

Answer 53

each side offers a punishment and the jury votes on which one

Question 54

Socrates wanted the jury to focus on what in speeches instead of what?

Answer 54

focus on content not on form

Question 55

Why were the old accusers of socrates worse than the new ones?

Answer 55

The old ones had been slandering him since the jury was young older accusations were to a deeper extent

Question 56

What is an oracle?

Answer 56

all knowing being

Question 57

Why does Socrates tell the jury about the oracle

Answer 57

to show where his reputation began

Question 58

what does it mean to be wise

Answer 58

to know what you know, to know what you don't know

Question 59

What happens when Socrates questions the public man about being wise

Answer 59

The man gives the wrong answer and gets man when Socrates tells him that

Question 60

What three(3) professions does Socrates start to question

Answer 60

Politicians, poets, craftsmen

Question 61

Which of the three professions could not explain their work

Answer 61

poets

Question 62

Socrates spends little time doing what during the apology

Answer 62

refuting meletus

Question 63

Why would the jury say socrates should be ashamed

Answer 63

His chosen life has lead him to the possibility of life

Question 64

what does put morality before mortality mean when making a decision

Answer 64

do not look at the possibility of life/death but if the action is good/bad

Question 65

why does Socrates bring up the Iliad by Homer

Answer 65

to show how much like Achilles, he put his values above his life. to show he is the Achilles of Philosophy

Question 66

When does Socrates Divine Sign appear

Answer 66

When he is about to do something bad

Question 67

what would people today call a divine sign

Answer 67

Conscience

Question 68

Towards the end of the apology what does Socrates ask for

Answer 68

the people he has "corrupted" to come fourth or send someone to represent them

Question 69

Why does Socrates refuse to beg

Answer 69

1. He is old and is going to die soon anyway 2. Begging is beneath him because he isn't guilty 3. He isn't afraid of death 4. Athens Reputation will suffer if he goes free

Question 70

What did Socrates say to those who voted him guilty

Answer 70

1. Vengeance will come after his death 2. They only voted guilty because he did not beg and he knows that 3. Younger people will continue to question them and they will be harder to deal with

Question 71

what did Socrates say to those who voted him innocent

Answer 71

1. His divine sign was silent so he knows he said the right things. 2. He was dying for morality 3. Death is either an endless sleep or relocation of the soul

Question 72

What does Socrates suggest as his punishment?

Answer 72

free meals

Question 73

What does Socrates request the jury do when he is gone?

Answer 73

watch after his kids

Question 74

who do some believe to be "the god" Socrates talks about

Answer 74

Apollo

Question 75

Only who knows if life or death is better

Answer 75

the god