Plato Flashcards
what is socratic irony?
socrates playing dum (not admitting his own view) to entice the respondent into responding according to their own views.
What was socrates charged with?
Corrupting the youth and not recognising the gods
what war just ended before the apology?
Peloponnesian war
What insect did Socrates call himself?
Gadfly awaking the city by stinging, annoying but necesary
Who, in the apology, called Socrates the wisest man?
The Oracle at Delphi
what is the name of the supernatural embodiment of Socrates moraality?
Daimon
True or false:
no one ever means to do evil according to Socrates
True
What, according to Socrates, is Socrates duty in life?
To eradicate false knowledge and to get people to question their perceived beliefs - “the unexamined life is not worth living”. in this respect he is helping people gain wisdom, at least what socrates sees as Wisdom. If we are all uniquely wise we cannot do evil. Socrates duty is to dispell evil. This is a duty that, as seen in the apology, he is given by the Oracle at Delphi.
What, according to socrates is the cause of evil?
Ignorance
What is ‘aporia’?
State of confusion/unknowing as a result of the socratic method, in which the respondents beliefs are completely shaken.
What does the torpedo fish image show?
The torpedo fish analogy used by Meno in Meno, shows that Socrates has a numbing effect on his respondents. Aporia-esque.
what is menos paradox? What is Socrates response?
How do you search for something that you do not know? You are not searching for something you do not know you are recollecting something you always knew. e.g slave boy geometry.
what were the sophists know for?
teaching values but according to socrates they taught more rhetoric, more flourish than substance. they also charged for their teachings.
How does socrates conclude that virtue cannot be taught?
He says that virteous men have non-virtuoes kids and because they virtue they would want to, or just would teach their kids virtue, if virtue could be taught, which it cant be.
What is the man on way to larissa example?
Man on way to larissa thinks the path is to left, it happens the path is to the left but he did not know that. Right opion and knowledge in this case are equally as valuable.
