The Man Who Asked Questions Flashcards
(34 cards)
What is something modern philosophers have to build on?
2000 years of past philological thinking.
What does philosopher mean in Greek?
Love of wisdom
What did Chaerophon ask the oracle of Apollo?
Is anyone wiser than Socrates?
What poison was Socrates forced to drink?
A drink made of hemlock.
What was a successful ending to a conversation with Socrates like?
When he left the person realizing how little they really knew.
Written conversations between Socrates and other people were called?
Platonic Dialogues.
What Age was Socrates when he was put on trial?
70.
How many of the 501 citizens that were in the jury thought Socrates was guilty?
Just over half.
Why did Socrates never write anything down?
He believed that talking was better because you can’t interact with words on a paper, but you can with a human being.
What was Socrates?
Socrates was a philosopher.
Who was Socrates star pupil?
Plato.
What are Sophists?
Sophists teach the art of speech-making.
Who did Socrates ask whether being deceitful counted as being immoral?
Euthydemus.
What wars did Socrates fight in when he was young?
The Peloponnesian-Spartan wars.
What animal did Socrates compare himself to?
A gadfly.
True or false: Socrates was seen as wise, and attractive.
False. He was seen as wise, but he wasn’t attractive.
What were the accusations brought up against Socrates in court?
Neglecting the Athenian gods, and teaching the young men of Athens to behave badly.
What did Socrates do after returning from fighting the Peloponnesian wars?
He randomly stopped and asked people questions.
What is Plato’s idea of a perfect circle?
Not the circle itself, but the form of the circle.
In which century did Plato live in?
The fifth century.
What was a word about everyone in Athens agreed accurately described Socrates?
Unique.
What was something that made Socrates unpopular with the sophists?
Sophists charged high fees for teaching their students, but Socrates didn’t charge a penny.
What was something Socrates claimed that ordinary people get confused with?
Mistaking appearances for reality.
What was one of Plato’s examples on how people mistake appearances for reality?
Some people were chained in a cave, and in front of them they saw shadows and thought that was reality. One day someone breaks free from their chains and realizes that those shadows, are not reality and are being caused by something in the background.
