The Man Who Asked Questions

Question 1

What is something modern philosophers have to build on?

Answer 1

2000 years of past philological thinking.

Question 2

What does philosopher mean in Greek?

Answer 2

Love of wisdom

Question 3

What did Chaerophon ask the oracle of Apollo?

Answer 3

Is anyone wiser than Socrates?

Question 4

What poison was Socrates forced to drink?

Answer 4

A drink made of hemlock.

Question 5

What was a successful ending to a conversation with Socrates like?

Answer 5

When he left the person realizing how little they really knew.

Question 6

Written conversations between Socrates and other people were called?

Answer 6

Platonic Dialogues.

Question 7

What Age was Socrates when he was put on trial?

Answer 7

70.

Question 8

How many of the 501 citizens that were in the jury thought Socrates was guilty?

Answer 8

Just over half.

Question 9

Why did Socrates never write anything down?

Answer 9

He believed that talking was better because you can’t interact with words on a paper, but you can with a human being.

Question 10

What was Socrates?

Answer 10

Socrates was a philosopher.

Question 11

Who was Socrates star pupil?

Answer 11

Plato.

Question 12

What are Sophists?

Answer 12

Sophists teach the art of speech-making.

Question 13

Who did Socrates ask whether being deceitful counted as being immoral?

Answer 13

Euthydemus.

Question 14

What wars did Socrates fight in when he was young?

Answer 14

The Peloponnesian-Spartan wars.

Question 15

What animal did Socrates compare himself to?

Answer 15

A gadfly.

Question 16

True or false: Socrates was seen as wise, and attractive.

Answer 16

False. He was seen as wise, but he wasn’t attractive.

Question 17

What were the accusations brought up against Socrates in court?

Answer 17

Neglecting the Athenian gods, and teaching the young men of Athens to behave badly.

Question 18

What did Socrates do after returning from fighting the Peloponnesian wars?

Answer 18

He randomly stopped and asked people questions.

Question 19

What is Plato’s idea of a perfect circle?

Answer 19

Not the circle itself, but the form of the circle.

Question 20

In which century did Plato live in?

Answer 20

The fifth century.

Question 21

What was a word about everyone in Athens agreed accurately described Socrates?

Answer 21

Unique.

Question 22

What was something that made Socrates unpopular with the sophists?

Answer 22

Sophists charged high fees for teaching their students, but Socrates didn’t charge a penny.

Question 23

What was something Socrates claimed that ordinary people get confused with?

Answer 23

Mistaking appearances for reality.

Question 24

What was one of Plato’s examples on how people mistake appearances for reality?

Answer 24

Some people were chained in a cave, and in front of them they saw shadows and thought that was reality. One day someone breaks free from their chains and realizes that those shadows, are not reality and are being caused by something in the background.

Question 25

True or false: Some people believe that Plato was changing Socrates words and writing some of his ideas instead of Socrates.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

What does podgy mean?

Answer 26

Somewhat fat; chubby.

Question 27

What does charisma mean?

Answer 27

Compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others.

Question 28

What does disconcerting mean?

Answer 28

Causing one to geel unsettled.

Question 29

What does unexamined mean?

Answer 29

Not investigated or examined.

Question 30

What does oracle mean?

Answer 30

A priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity.

Question 31

What does deceitful mean?

Answer 31

Guilty of or involving deceit; deceiving or misleading others.

Question 32

What does cross-fertilized mean?

Answer 32

Importing and mixing ideas from different places, markets or people to produce better products and services.

Question 33

What does sibey mean?

Answer 33

A woman in ancient time supposed to utter the oracles and prophecies of a god.

Question 34

What does shabby mean?

Answer 34

In poor condition through long or hard use or lack of care