HUMAN-110 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Socratic Dialogue, Sophia (Wisdom), Xenophanes
15 Mar 2017
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His work is regarded as the (cid:858)(cid:271)i(cid:271)le(cid:859) History is about 2 things: politics & military affairs. Professional teacher of public speaking (oratory, rethoric) Promised they can teach any students sophia (wisdom) Teach people to argue any sides on any topics. Xe(cid:374)opha(cid:374)es argued that (cid:862)we (cid:272)reated gods i(cid:374) our i(cid:373)age(cid:863) Symachus argued that (cid:862)there(cid:859)s (cid:374)o justi(cid:272)e other tha(cid:374) (cid:449)hat the upper part(cid:455) fa(cid:448)ors(cid:863) P(cid:455)thagoras argued that (cid:862)ma(cid:374) is the (cid:373)easure of all thi(cid:374)gs(cid:863) (cid:862)the u(cid:374)e(cid:454)a(cid:373)i(cid:374)ed life is (cid:374)ot (cid:449)orth li(cid:448)i(cid:374)g(cid:863) Socratic dialogue: asking questions and getting answers. Young people liked to follow him around. Other athenian regarded socrates as not good. Refused to join in public life (the assembly, politics) Encouraged young people to not participating in public affairs. On 399 bce, his enemies brought him on trial, he was found guilty and was executed. Plato (one of the young people who liked to hang around with him) started to write about him. Argued that the(cid:455) did(cid:374)(cid:859)t tea(cid:272)h (cid:449)isdo(cid:373) (cid:271)ut appeara(cid:374)(cid:272)e.
