Exam 4: The Wise Man: Socrates

Socrates wrote nothing philosophical.

Who wrote the Gorgias ?

Socrates was executed by Athens.

Plato claimed that Socrates wrote a hymn to Apollo.

Socrates was handsome.

Socrates talked about incontinence in its original sense as lack of self-control.

What did Socrates claim virtue was?

How many parts did an Athenian trial consist of?

Socrates described himself as

Socrates held that to have no wants was divine.

Socrates was paid for teaching.

Socrates used a dialectical method of questioning.

Do you think that Socrates' approach would really work to change a society or not? Explain your answer. Do you think that this was his aim? If so, why? If not, what was his aim?

Alcibiades disliked Socrates.

Who claimed that status and riches would come at the expense of one's integrity?

Aristotle wrote the Symposium .

The claim that behavior is always controlled by belief about what is good and the means to that good is

Socrates was poisoned by

Who said that to pretend to know what you do not know is a disease?

Socrates was charged with rejecting the gods acknowledged by Rome.