Philosophy

Question 1

name a presoctratic philsopher and when was he

Answer 1

Xenophanes, 6th-5th century

Question 2

what did xenophanes say about the gods

Answer 2

if horses had gods they would look like horses

Question 3

persian wars impact on athenian philosophy

Answer 3

philosophers from asia minor pre war meant ideas shared easily but after this the travel was less so ideas shared less easily

Question 4

xenophanes on nature

Answer 4

‘we all came from earth and water’ said ythat rainbows were from clouds instead of the messenger goddess iris

Question 5

D’angour on presocratics

Answer 5

ionian presocratics has limited influence in athens

Question 6

hughes on presocratics

Answer 6

scale and audicity of their thinking was breathtaking

Question 7

how did socrates spread his thinking and hwta is socratic method

Answer 7

socratic method- probing deeper into arguement to find holes
he actively debated for free
his scholars plato and xenophon wrote down his work

Question 8

ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY
-whats the boule
whats the ekklesia
what were the jurors and magistrates

Answer 8

boule- governing council of 500, chosen by lot
ekklesia- assembly of 6000, any citizen could attend speak or vote
jurors and magistrates- 700, most chosen by lot

Question 9

what was ostracism in athenian democracy

Answer 9

each year assembly could banish somone for 10 years

Question 10

what was athenian democracy like in socrates trial

Answer 10

full and direct citizen democracy

Question 11

who was socrates’ dodgy friends and what did he do

Answer 11

alcibiades, mutilated hermes and mocked eleusinian mysteries, defected to sparta betraying athens

critias, tyrant when democracy was disbanded under spartan rule

Question 12

arguments for socrates being pious

Answer 12

-was seen regularly at sacrifices
-advises people to consult oracles
-doesnt claim to know everything
-greets the sun with a prayer showing a belief in helios

Question 13

what are the daimones that socrates believed in

Answer 13

greater forces that drirve him to act, these could be seen as impious as he is placing another belief above the athenian state gods

Question 14

arguments for socrates being impious

Answer 14

• his belief in the daimonion (depedning on interpretation)
  -his relationship with alcibiades

Question 15

what did xenophanes chracterise socrates as in ‘clouds’

Answer 15

he was soemone who didnt belive in zeus, a comedic chracteracture of himself

Question 16

what two things was socrates chraged with and what was his punishment

Answer 16

impiety, corrupting the athenian youth, DEATH