POLS 2000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Irony, Meletus, Legal Positivism
18 Jul 2016
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This is a little unorganized but it helped so much!!! Athens, who teach the art of persuasion to win arguments, rich families would hire sophists to teach their children. Aristophanes plays and made their own assumptions about socrates. Sophists are the enemies of socrates who would come to athens, they were skilled at persuasive argument and people would pay them to educate their children. They were skilled in the art of rhetoric: present day accusers ( meletus and company) Between 19a8 and 24b2 - socrates defends himself against old accusers . 18b he says so first men of athens it is just for me to speak in defense against the first false charges against me. But the others are more dangerous men- childhood - it is no truer that socrates who has investigated all things under the earth . believe in the gods . 19a7 - proceed with his defense with obedience to the law - supporter of.
