wisdom pt1
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1. What does Socrates mean when he says he is not an accomplished speaker? How does he plan to speak to the court?
Socrates opens his case with an appeal to the jury to listen to
him openly
and to pardon him if he slips into his usual conversational style.
2. Who are Socrates’ first accusers? How do they accuse Socrates?
Meletus charged Socrates with "refusing to recognize the gods recognized by the State and introducing new and different gods" as his first offense. Meletus accused Socrates of "corrupting the youth of Athens" in his second accusation.
3. What is the affidavit against Socrates?
Meletus' declaration contained two connected claims against Socrates: "corrupting the youth" and "refusing to recognize the gods recognized by the State and of introducing new and different gods."
4. Why does Socrates have the reputation which he has?
He had developed a reputation among his fellow residents even before Aristophanes wrote about him because he spent his days seeking to carry out his heavenly duty to cross-examine them and to shatter their self-assured notion that
they knew the most important things.
5. What did Socrates do once he heard the message from the oracle?
Socrates did not boast or celebrate when told that the Oracle of Delphi had told one of his companions that he was the wisest man in Athens; instead, he set out to disprove the Oracle.
6. What is the probable conclusion of the oracular response?
a portion of the highest good "human. That a guy would be "wisest, who, like Socrates, knows that he is in truth worth nothing with respect to intelligence," and that wisdom is of little or no worth,"
7. Who are Socrates’ new accusers? (There are 3 names) and who do they each represent? Anytus, Lycon and Meletus
.
8. What is the contradiction Socrates points out in Meletus’ accusation?
Meletus accuses Socrates of introducing new and bizarre divinities while simultaneously claiming to be an atheist who does not believe in any gods, according
to Socrates, who points out that Meletus has engaged in a self-contradiction.
9. At the end of our reading (28a-28d) how does Socrates address life and death?
According to Socrates, since the soul is immortal, death cannot be a bad thing because it liberates the soul by pointing it toward the everlasting truths.
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