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| Which century did Socrates and the Sophists belong to? |
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| Which age did Socrates and the Sophists belong to? |
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| Why did Socrates not bathe? |
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| He believed that only the soul and heart really mattered so he did not see the point in washing his body. |
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| In what situations would Socrates bathe? |
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| When he was invited to a symposium |
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| What would Socrates do at parties? |
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| Drink under the table. He would go home sober. |
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| All philosophy that came before Socrates was known as... |
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| "Pre-Socratic" philosophy |
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| What question did 'Scientific' philosophers often ask? |
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| What element in the universe does not change? |
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| In what period was Socrates born? |
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| Slightly after the Persian Wars in the 5th century. |
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| In the 5th century, there was the rise of the individual and decline of... |
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| What occurred during the decline of the polis? |
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| People felt less connected as a whole and everyone became more interested in their own well-being |
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| Sophists are described as... |
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| 'Wise-men' that are described to have experience of life. Had the interest of making the lives of others better by giving better prosperity such as money, control, etc. |
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| How did Sophists earn their living? |
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| By advertising their course and received enrollments |
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| What did Sophists seek to do? |
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| To bring out the excellence (arête)/good qualities of each human being or create new ones in them |
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| A single school of simple thought. |
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| What did sophists believe? |
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| That there are no principles, no norms, no absolute values (relativism), that exist outside of the individual person. They believe that there is no such thing as universal right or wrong and that right and wrong is relative to the individual. |
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| Who was a famous sophist and a representative of the sophists? |
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| "Man is the Measure of all things" is a saying by... |
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| The famous sophist Protagoras |
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| In general, sophists held the belief that... |
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| The individual human determines what is right and what is wrong |
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| "Make the weaker argument appear stronger" is a statement by... |
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| The famous sophist Protagoras |
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| Who was Socrates' father? |
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| Sophroniscus who was a stonemason |
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| The main goal of Socrates was to... |
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| Show how wrong the teachings of the Sophists were |
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| Socrates placed a large emphasis on... |
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| Ethics (well-being of the soul) |
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| What contrasting views did Socrates and the Sophists hold? |
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| Socrates believed soul was more valuable than body. Sophists believed opposite. |
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| "Virtue (arête) is Knowledge" is a statement by... |
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| "Truth and justice should be like gods in our eyes" is a statement by... |
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| When did Socrates' trial take place? |
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| How did Socrates convey his ideas and philosophy? |
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| Through dialogue (dialectic). He did not write down his thoughts. |
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| Socrates was associated with certain politicians such as... |
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| Who did the Athenians blame for the unsuccessfulness in war with Sparta? |
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| Why did the Athenians blame Socrates for the unsuccessfulness in war with Sparta? |
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| Because as a result of his Socrates' teachings, the youth were beginning to question their elders, mainly if war was really necessary. They also accused him of introducing other divinities. |
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| He was killed by drinking a poisonous drink known as Hemlock |
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| When he was found guilty of the charges brought against him, what was one of the last things Socrates said? |
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| "The unexamined life is not worth living" |
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| Socrates challenged the... |
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| Accepted beliefs of people and was changing them. He also challenged the Olympian gods. |
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| Socrates believed that absolute values are... |
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| Independent of people thus justice will always exist. |
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| Socrates believed values are... |
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| Absolute and not relative |
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| "No-one errs willingly" (i.e., if someone truly knew what murder was, nobody would do it) is a statement made by... |
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| "Find what the truth is from reasoning" is a statement that was promoted by... |
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| "What is the meaning of life? What is the purpose of my soul? Are the things I am doing good for my soul?" are all questions by... |
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| What did Socrates ask his friends who tried to get him out of prison by bribing a guard? |
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| If they knew what death was |
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| What was a symposium in Ancient Greece? |
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