Socrates - what is the art of living

Question 1

Socrates

Answer 1

• 5th century, Athens
• the paradigm of a philosopher: przyznawał, że nie wie, konfrontował ekspertów - publiczne upokorzenie
• oskarżony o nieuwielbienie bóstw i psucie młodzieży, skazany na śmierć
• the paradigm of philisophical life and death - by być filozofem, trzeba żyć i umierać jak Sokrates (umrzeć za istotną dla siebie ideę)

Question 2

Socratic elenchus: Irwin

Answer 2

• request to be told what some virtue is or a question about a virtue
• The way of proving that what you think is an absurd or it’s a paradox.
• It’s about asking questions – one by one; by questioning the initial positions Socrates comes to the very opposite position – which shows that the former one was paradoxical.
• The difference is that Socrates starts with a position of a laic – he doesn’t know anything, and the other person starts with a position of a specialist and after Socrates’ questioning they seem stupid.
• a person (interlocutor) finds themselves at a loss (aporein) about what to believe

Question 3

Socrates’ question: Williams, 1985 - How should one live?

Answer 3

• generality - it can be relevant to anyone
• anybody’s question - it asks for conditions of a good life
• lack of immediacy - it is not about what I should do now but in general, it is always relevant
• noncomital
• reflective character - a timeless question, invites to think about life from non-particular point of viw

Question 4

Socrates: the unexamined life is not worth living

Answer 4

• niby powiedział to podczas rozprawy
• to be separated from elenchus by exile was a fate worse than death - it is better to continue his work in the after-life than to not be able to seek the truth on earth