Ancient Philosophy – Chapter 5 – Flashcards
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he is prosecuting his father for murder
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Euthyphro meets Socrates before the court because
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a person who knows what is most important: Caring that you people be well brought up
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Socrates describes Meletus as
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corrupting the youth
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The charges against Socrates include
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prevents Socrates from doing or saying certain things
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Socrates "divine sign"
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what makes something pious
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The main thing Socrates wants Euthyphro to teach him is
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a definition
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What Socrates ays that he wants the "form" of piety, he means that he wants
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that Euthyphro's stories about the god leads him, together with this definition into contradiction
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Examination of Euthyphro's second proposal, that the pious is what the gods love, reveals
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it gives only an external characteristic of piety
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The problem with defining piety as what all the gods love is that
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none of the above
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The conclusion reached in the Euthyphro is that piety is
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contrasting persuasion with speaking the truth
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Socrates begins his defense by
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he later identifies as Meletus, Anytus, and Lycon
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Those Socrates identities as the earlier accusers
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no one was wiser than Socrates
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The oracle at Delphi told Socrates' friend that
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slaves
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Which class of people did Socrates not examine?
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knowing that one really knows little or nothing
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What does Socrates conclude that the god means by human wisdom
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is to think oneself wise when one is not
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Socrates says that to fear death
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life is the greatest good
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One thing Socrates does not say during his defense speech at the trial is that
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the truth is already present, implicitly, in everyone
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Socrates claims never to have taught anyone anything because
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it is either a dreamless sleep or conversation with those that died before
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The reason Socrates concludes that death is not an evil is that
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"Life is the greatest good, and happiness is its ornament."
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In his conversation with Crito, Socrates does not say
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in escaping he would do injury to the laws of Athens
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Socrates refuses Crito's offer of escape from prison because
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converses with his friends about immortality
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Before drinking the poison, Socrates
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False
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T/F With regard to the question of whether the gods love the pious because it is pious or the pious is pious because it is loved by the gods, Socrates favors (a)
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True
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T/F If the pious is service to the gods, it must be the kind of service that a doctor provides
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False
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T/F Socrates' earlier accusers held that he makes the weaker argument appear the strong and teaches that sort of thing for pay
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True
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T/F Socrates says that if the Athenians kill him, they will harm themselves more than they harm him.
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False
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T/F Socrates proposes a deal: He will stop philosophizing if they spare his life
