HUM 1020 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Aporia, Dialectic, Rhapsode
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Socrates did not write/record his teachings; what we know, comes from his students. Almost everything we know about socrates comes from the works of plato. Brought to trial for impious behavior, impiety and corrupting the youth. Made powerful enemies, he was resented by those whose ignorance he made evident. Found guilty: sentenced to death by drinking hemlock. Socrates main message in apology: will practice philosophy no matter what. Athenians care more about money than soul. Find out if there was or was not an after life. If there was, he could meet with other great dead people. The socratic dialectic unique way of doing philosophy; the elunchus is the building block of this. Argument of disproof get a definition and socrates asks a question and his question will show the weakness of the knowledge which ends in aporia. How he develops the bigger conversations: constant disproof; Socrates eliminates wrong answers how he builds up dialogues.
