Exam 1: Socrates Part 1: Life and Method

Socrates wrote...

According to the text, Thales is considered the founder of philosophy.

Eleven of Socrates's students wrote memoirs of their conversations with him.

Socrates sued Aristophanes for slander.

One of Socrates's friends was a cobbler.

Socrates said that some of his teachers had been women.

Socrates was born outside the city gates of Athens.

What is the agora and why was it a significant part of Socrates's life?

How might Socrates have reconciled his philosophical beliefs and his religious practices?

Plato was

Socrates won medals for bravery in combat but insisted they be awarded to others instead.

Simon was a

Socrates is one of the philosophers known as the "Pre-Socratics."

According to the text, philosophy and myth have this in common: Both offer explanations of the world.

All Greek citizens had to serve in the military.

Thales is the founder of critical thinking.

Who was Simon the cobbler?

The temple at Delphi was dedicated to…

Socrates taught that each person makes up his or her own truth.

According to the text, philosophy began in ancient Egypt and spread from there to Greece.