Socrates Quiz Flashcards
Describe Socrates’ Appearance
Snub-nosed, Podgy and Short
How did Socrates Die
Socrates was forced to drink poison
Who was Socrates’ most famous pupil
Plato
What Scene did Plato describe
Plato Described a Cave where people were chained to wall being forced to believe what they were shown.
How did Socrates describe himself
Socrates described himself as a gadfly
Why did Socrates engage in conversation with people in the market?
Socrates loved to reveal the limits of what people actually understood.
The sons of rich men would study with who?
they would study with the sophists
what sibyl told Chaerophon that nobody was wiser that socrates?
The Oracle of Apollo at Delphi
How did Socrates react to finding out that nobody was wiser than he was?
Socrates did not believe him.
What are the Platonic Dialogues?
Plato wrote down a series of conversations between people and socrates.
Why cant we tell if the platonic Dialogues are accurate?
We can’t always tell if plato wrote down what socrates actually said or if he was putting words into the mouth of the character he calls Socrates.
Why did Plato describe a scene with the cave
He wanted to make the point that there is a significant difference between appearance and reality
What theory is the cave plato described assosciated with
Plato’s Theory of Forms
How does the passage describe Plato’s Theory of Forms
Was any of the circles you have ever seen perfect? No none of them were perfect in a perfect circle the circumference is exactly the same distance from the center.
Where did plato believe that philosophers belong in society?
Plato Believed that Philosophers belonged on the top of everyone else in society.
What two groups were excluded from Plato’s perfect society?
Women and Slaves.
How many people voted Socrates guilty?
Just over half of the 501 people
What was the poison Socrates drank made of?
A poison made of Hemlock
Who took Socrates to court?
Meletus
What was Meletus’ accusation?
Meletus accused Socrates of neglecting the Athenian Gods.
Defenition of Sibyl?
a woman in ancient times supposed to utter the oracles and prophecies of a god.
Definition of moral
concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character.
Definition of immoral?
not conforming to accepted standards of morality.
Definition of courage
the ability to do something that frightens one
