GVPT 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Meletus
18 Nov 2014
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1. term god can just as easily be read as a god : apology is socrates"s defense. Why: people think that beause they know a lot about one thing, doesn"t make them smart in other things, socrates is wisest because he does not pretend to have knowledge of things he knows nothing about. Socrates"s defense against meletus" charge that he corrupts the young a version of no one does wrong knowingly (25d: people only do wrong because they fail to understand that doing right will make them happier (eudamonia. Same term as epictetus. : why would he corrupt the young because then he would just have bad companions because then they would make me bad and then he would be more miserable (this is his defense) Iv. the core of the socratic prokect: socrates is about how to live well with yourself.
