Exam 4: The Wise Man: Socrates

Socrates believed he was ignorant.

How many sons did Socrates have?

Who said that he found the men in most repute to be the most foolish?

The Oracle at Delphi said that no man was wiser than Plato.

Socrates was unmarried.

Polydamas was an athlete.

To whom did Socrates owe a cock?

For Socrates, it was important to engage with others.

At which battle was Socrates the last Athenian to give way?

Do you believe that Socrates is admirable because he died for his ideals? Is it always admirable to die for one's ideals? What if one's ideals are foolish, or evil?

Socrates denied that humans have souls.

Who used Buddha and Jesus as examples of paradigmatic individuals?

Socrates had only one coat.

What do you think the strengths and weaknesses of the Socratic method are? Would you like to have Socrates as a teacher? Why or why not?

What did Socrates think should determine beauty?

Do you believe that Socrates had a duty to die? Why or why not? Do you think that you have a duty to obey the State? Explain your answer.

Alcibiades said that he would almost be happy to learn that Socrates was dead.

There were similarities between the thought of Socrates and Buddha.

What does no one knowingly do?

Socrates never used irony.