Socrates

Question 1

Who was Socrates

Answer 1

• Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher who was profound for his excellent argumentation skills and his integrity,

Question 2

What is Socratic dialogue

Answer 2

• Socratic Dialogue is a form of speech developed in Greece in which someone encourages another person to think about and try and answer the deeper meaning to a question,

Question 3

• Ad hominem

Answer 3

when the person attacks the person rather than their argument. (e.g. “How can you trust what he says? He’s just a politician and all politicians are liars”),

Question 4

Straw man

Answer 4

– An unfair or exaggerated description of the views of your opponent. (e.g. “When my opponent says he wants us to take responsibility for climate change, he means he wants us to all our cars and sit in the dark hugging each other for warmth”),

Question 5

Leading Question

Answer 5

When someone asks something to which they obviously know the answer to, or the question clearly indicates the answer being sought. (e.g. “You do have your homework with you, don’t you?”),

Question 6

Reasons for Socrates escaping prison

Answer 6

he didn’t deserve to be in prison in the first case, as the case against him was poorly justified and vague, and because his views were helping broaden the ways in which society thought, making them think better about questions,

Question 7

Reasons why Socrates deserves to be in prison

Answer 7

he claimed that the belief in God is ignorant, which is disrespectful to the people of Athens, so he deserves to be punished by death, and because by escaping prison, he would have put his followers lives at risk, so he thought that he shouldn’t escape,

Question 8

Who were sophists

Answer 8

They were people who used bad arguments and who were paid to publicly speak an opinion