Socrates (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Flashcards
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Socrates' life dates
Socrates' life dates
470-399 BCE
When was Socrates executed?
When was Socrates executed?
399 BCE
The Socratic method
The Socratic method
Questioning to expose ignorance & seek truth through dialogue
Socrates' central philosophical question
Socrates' central philosophical question
How should we live?
Socrates' view on living well
Socrates' view on living well
Not just to live, but to live well (ethically)
Socrates on virtue and happiness
Socrates on virtue and happiness
Virtue is necessary and sufficient for happiness
Socrates' view on knowledge and virtue
Socrates' view on knowledge and virtue
Knowing what is good = doing what is good
Socrates: suffering vs doing wrong
Socrates: suffering vs doing wrong
Better to suffer wrong than to do wrong
How to care for the soul (Socrates)
How to care for the soul (Socrates)
Gain wisdom - understand truth/essence of matters
Socrates on justice (vs Sophists)
Socrates on justice (vs Sophists)
Sought universal definition, not relative/situational
Socrates' principle: order and disorder
Socrates' principle: order and disorder
Order is good, disorder is evil
Socrates: relationship of order and justice
Socrates: relationship of order and justice
Order is justice which edifies the soul
Socrates' shift in philosophy focus
Socrates' shift in philosophy focus
From natural world to ethics & human behaviour