"Who
Am I?"
"How do I know what I know?"
"Once I know, how do I act on what I know?"
"The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living"
Miscellaneous
100
Who said the quote "I think, therefore I am"?
Descartes
100
Of the three branches of Philosophy, which one deals with the quote "How do I know what I know"?
Epistemology
100
Once the prisoner realizes in Allegory of the Cave that there is a whole other world, how does he act?
Refer to the text.
100
Who said "The Unexmined Life is Not Worth Living"?
Socrates
100
Out of this list, who taught who? Socrates Aristotle Alexander the Great Plato
Socrates Plato Aristotle Alexander the Great
200
To whom did Socrates have a debt to pay?
Asclepius (God of Health)
200
In Plato's "Euthyphro" what is is one mistake that Euthyphro makes when trying to define holiness? Use your text
Each group participates in this question - Add to another answer - Find your own
200
How does Socrates act when he takes the poison.
Refer to the text.
200
Do you think Socrates is the person who left the cave?
Explain your answer in depth.
200
How does leaving the cave, or staying in the cave relate to the film "The Matrix"?
The choice of staying in the cave verse the choice of leaving is in connection to staying in the matrix's or choosing to leave.
300
How did Crito try and persuade Socrates into not choosing death?
He is betraying his own life when he can be saved. He is betraying his children and he should be there for them to bring them up, educate them. Instead you go away and leave them and they will have to grow up on thier own. No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to continue their nature and education.
300
Why doesn't Socrates fear death?
Because the soul will continue on to an afterlife.
300
When Socrates says, "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing", what does he mean by this?
Explain your answer with a quote from the book.
300
On page 47 Socrates say "The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living." Explain what he means by this.
Explain in depth using the book what Socrates means.
300
How are the "Allegory of the Cave" and "Omelas" related? Use your text
Each group has to contribute to this question - Add on to another idea - Come up with your own - Etc.
400
What is one reason why Socrates does not want to escape from jail?
-His children won't grow up in Athens / It's wrong to set a bad moral example for his children. - Dont worry about the opinion of the many - It is wrong to escape - Something will happen to his friends - If is never right to return evil for evil - Ect.
400
How does Socrates know when to do or say something and when not to?
A voice in his head tells him
400
Of the three branches of Philosophy, which deals with the question, "Once I know, how do I act on what I know?"
Ethics.
400
How does Socrates influence Euthyphro's thoughts of prosecuting his own father?
Explain your answer.
400
When Socrates was in prison, he said to Crito he had a dream. What was the dream about?
The dream was about a women in white who says his execution will be late.
500
Why does Socrates see death as the best alternative to his situation. Why does he choose this over imprisonment, paying a fine and exile? Explain in depth
"No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death" (Apology 47)
500
Why does the Oracale say that Socrates is the wisest man in Greece?
Because Socrates knows nothing and admits it.
500
Socrates was widely know as a "street philosopher." Give at least 3 ways in which Socrates uses what he knows to help society.
- He conducted many conversations about the idea of good, He was considered a mad man though. - He founded the school, The Academy Philisophical School - He changed the ways of thinking about the beginings of the world and immortality. - He offered new ideas about religion. (Christianity)
500
On page 77 in the Death Scene form the Phaedo Socrates says,"'Yes, Crito, and those you speak of are right in doing tha, for they think they will gain by the dela. But, I am right in doing what I do because I do not think I would gain anything by drinking the poison a little later. I should be sparing a life which is already ton; I could only laugh at myself for this. Please then do as I say and do not refuse me."' Explain how this relates to "The Unexamined Life is not worth Living".
Explain.
500
What is one example why Socrates put on trial?
Example: He was accused for corrupting the youth
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