The Man Who Asked Questions Flashcards
Which man was sentenced to death for asking to many questions?
Socrates
What kind of state did Plato imagine about
Totalitarian state.
Who did Plato believe should have political power
Philosophers
Why was Socrates considered dumb/stupid?
Because he didn’t know anything.
What does the word philosopher come from?
It come from the meaning of love of wisdom.
What are Platonic Dialogues?
Genre of literacy developed in Greece in Century B.C.
How did Plato describe his imaginary cave?
A cave filled with chained people facing the walls.
What are the names of the nations that ended up becoming protestant?
Spain, Portugal, Italy, England, Scotland, and The Netherlands.
Which group did the English Protestants chase after?
Spanish Treasure
Why did Spain lose almost half of it’s silver?
When several hundred French Protestants built a fort in Florida, Spain wiped out the colony and established St. Augustine, Florida.
Why did Reformers flocked to Geneva?
Because they wanted to see how holy the commonwealth might work.
What year did Christopher Columbus write his last will?
1505
What did Meletus take Socrates to court for?
he was neglecting the Athenian gods
Why did Socrates warn a person that they cannot touch a person’s stuff?
Because if you touched another persons stuff, then you would “ self harm yourself”.
Why did Chaerophone didn’t believe Socrates?
He was really puzzled because, he thought “ how can he be the wisest man in Athens and I know so little”.
Where does the word Philosopher come from?
Love and wisdom.
Why did Socrates refuse to write?
He made Plato write for him becuase, he said that we have much of the same ideas of what this great man believed and argued about.
Hows nickname was Shakesphere of his day.
Plato
What did Plato and Socrates believe?
There is a significant difference between, appearance and reality.
Why do only philosophers understand what the world is truly like?
They discover the nature of reality by thinking rather than relying on their senses.
Why did Plato think that a balance that was like with a well balanced mind with the reasonable mind with the reasonable part of keeping the emotions and desires in control.
Because, unfortunately, his model of society was profundly anti democratic and would keep the people under control by a combination of lies and force.
What was Plato’s strageties for voting?
He thought that letting the people vote was like letting the passengers steer a ship far better to let the people who know what they were doing to take things in charge.
