"The Man Who Asked Questions" Flashcards
Podgy
Somewhat fat; chubby.
Charisma
Compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others.
Deceitful
Guilty of or involving deceit; deceiving or misleading others.
Oracle
A priest.
Philosophical
Relating or devoted to the study of the fundamentals of knowledge, reality, and existence.
Deceptive
Giving an appearance or impression different from the true one.
Circumstance
The enclosing boundary of a curved geometric figure, especially a circle.
Totalitarian
Relating to a system of government that is centralized, dictatorial, and requires complete subservience to the system.
Patriotism
The quality of being; devotion to and vigorous support for one’s country.
ecological
Concerned with the relationship.
How many years ago Athens was put on death for asking too many questions?
2,400.
What type of conversation did they prefer?
Face-to-face.
What’s true about the Athenians?
Many of them believed the charges.
___ immediate impact was on those around him.
Socrates.
A man who breaks free is an example of?
A philosopher.
What was the Western tradition of philosophy?
‘Love of wisdom’.
Where did Athens shuffle around in the middle age?
Marketplace.
What type of people would there be beneath them?
Soldiers and civilians.
What were the appearances like?
Deceptive.
He was put to death by being forced to drink what?
Poison.
In a perfect circle every point on its circumference is exactly the same distance from the?
Center point.
In ___ , when Socrates was 70 years old, one of them, Meletus, took him to court.
399 BC.
The kind of wisdom that it values is based on ___, ___, and ___.
Reasoning, carpentry, and asking questions.
Every aspect of life in Plato’s ideal republic would be strictly controlled from?
Above.
Plato wrote down a series of conversations between?
Socrates and the people who questioned.
What had Socrates refused to do?
To write anything down.
What had made Socrates so wise?
He kept asking questions and he was also able to debate his ideas.
Philosophers today are doing more or less what Socrates was doing?
Asking tough questions, looking through the evidence, and examining the reasons.
Who was wiser than Socrates?
No one.
At the time the sons of rich men would be sent to study with?
Sophists.
What type of person was Athens known as?
As a unique person.
Which war and allies was Athens brave against?
The Spartan war and their allies.
After 20 minutes Socrates would leave very?
Leave completely confused.
Sophists had charged very high?
Very high fees.
The priests answers were in what type of form?
They were in the form of a type of riddle.
