PSC 2343 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Meletus, Synderesis, Deductive Reasoning
2 Nov 2017
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Socratic inquiry: origin, apology 20e-23b: divine sign apollo (the god at delphi) told chaerephon, through the mouth of the pythian, that no man was wiser than socrates. He didn"t understand what the god meant by this, so he began strategically asking people who had a reputation for knowledge what it meant (politicians, poets, craftsmen). Socrates realized that what the god meant was that he was the only person that understood that he knew nothing, and thus was wise for acknowledging this. Asks him questions that are intended to prove to meletus (and the jury) that the charges against him are nonsense by getting meletus to contradict himself: gets meletus to contradict himself because meletus complained that. Socrates didn"t believe in the city"s gods, but then admits that socrates believes in spirits, which are gods. Socrates sees his pursuit of wisdom in athens as a form of justice that he is doing for the city and its people.
