Political Philosophy Exam 1 Flashcards
born and lived out life in the city state of Athens
Socrates
served in Athenian Military
Socrates
love of wisdom
philosophy
greek name for city where people lived
Polis
who wrote down Socrates ideas?
Plato
what is the name of the oracle in greece?
Delphi
In Socrates time what form of Government was Athens?
Direct Democracy
What does Excellence mean?
Arete
What does Arete mean?
Excellence
Socrates wnated to live the _________
Goodlife
Socrates searched Athens for someone with these attributes.
Knowledge, skill, open mind and courage
Who was the Oracle of Delphi devoted to?
The god of wisdom, Apollo
Socratres asked so many questions he became known as a _______
Philosphical Gadfly
what does close minded means
Dogmatic
teachers during socrates time were called
Sophists
What did sophists teach
Rhetoric
Socrates developed what method for teaching
The Socratic Method
who said an unexamined life is one not worth living
Socrates
Socrates believed everyone had an inate knowledge of ___________________
good and evil
Sophists Believe that truth, goodness and beauty were
absolute
socrates believed that truth, beauty and goodness were
relative
this person went to trial for treason and for corrupting the youth of athens
Socrates
“offer a sacrifice to the god of health”:
quote from socrates as he was dying
What was Plato’s original name?
Aristocles