- Stephanus Numbers
- Famous 1578 translation
- Utility
- Themes & Layers
- Rhetoric - Analyze Socrates' methods of argument.
- Justice - Are the charges fair? Should Socrates feel any loyalty to Athens or its laws?
- Ethics - What does it mean to live a good life? Are there worse fates than death?
- Reading Plato
- Contradictions: You're probably falling into Plato's trap
- Weird Stuff: This is a sign
- Discussion
- Follow the flow of discussion
- Plato: Honesty + Short Answers
- Quiet folks: Find something to comment on! Sometimes I toss out softballs (fact vs. opinion).
- Big talkers: Talk the second most in the room! (What's most important to you?)
- What kind of person is Socrates?
- Do you like the guy?
- What do you think about the tone he takes during the trial?
Accusations and Socrates' Quest (17a to 24b)
- Why does he say he is "not an accomplished speaker" (17b) when he clearly is?
- He says he has two sorts of attacks against him: what are they?
- He mentioned Meletus (19b) and then explains his charges. What is he being accused of?
- What does it mean to "make the worse argument the stronger"?
- Sophists (19d-e)
- Socrates cites his experience with the Oracle at Delphi. How does this explain his behavior of asking people questions all the time?
- Do you believe the motivations his claims?
- What is the error of the politicians, poets, and craftsmen?
- How does Socrates explain the Oracle's words?
- How does Socrates then categorize his lifestyle?
- So why do people accuse him of these charges, according to Socrates?
Meletus' First Accusation: Corrupting the Youth
- How does he summarize Meletus' accusations?
- Elenchus #1: Improving the Youth (24e-25b)
- Walk through the Elenchus.
- What does Meletus claim, and how does Socrates reject it?
- Do you agree with Socrates about who improves the youth?
- Elenchus #2: Wicked Citizens & Harm (25b-26b)
- Summarize the Elenchus
- Why does Socrates make this argument? Is it effective?
Meletus' Second Accusation: Impiety
- Clarification - What is the precise charge?
- Elenchus #3: Gods & Spirits (27b-28e)
- Summarize the Elenchus
- What does Socrates say about taking into account the risk of life or death?
- What virtue is Socrates describing here?
- Why should we not fear death?
- What does Socrates say about a "plea bargain" type deal where he agrees to stop practicing philosophy?
- "He could not harm me, for I do not think it is permitted that a better man be harmed by a worse." - What does this mean? Do you agree with him? (30d)
- Explain Daimon - divine sign
- Is Socrates a teacher?
- Why doesn't he appeal to emotion?
Sentencing
- What does Socrates initially say he deserves?
- What does it mean when he says, "the unexamined life is not worth living"?
- Read Socrates words on death and wickedness (39a-c)
- What is Socrates prophecy?
- How does Socrates describe his predictions about death?
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