Socrates (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Quizzes
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When did Socrates live in Athens?
When did Socrates live in Athens?
470-399BCE
What were the charges against Socrates that led to his execution?
What were the charges against Socrates that led to his execution?
Introducing new gods & corrupting youth
What did the Socratic method involve?
What did the Socratic method involve?
Dialogues with experts using questioning
What was the aim of Socrates' questioning approach?
What was the aim of Socrates' questioning approach?
To encourage questioning beliefs
To what did Socrates compare the Sophists' rhetoric?
To what did Socrates compare the Sophists' rhetoric?
Fancy cookery & cosmetics
What was the central question of Socratic philosophy?
What was the central question of Socratic philosophy?
How should we live?
What did Socrates mean by 'the really important thing is not to live but to live well'?
What did Socrates mean by 'the really important thing is not to live but to live well'?
To live well meant to live ethically
What did Socrates believe about virtue and happiness?
What did Socrates believe about virtue and happiness?
Virtue was necessary & sufficient
What did Socrates believe about knowing what was good?
What did Socrates believe about knowing what was good?
Knowing good = doing good
Which principle did Socrates teach about wrongdoing?
Which principle did Socrates teach about wrongdoing?
Better to suffer wrong than do wrong
How did Socrates' view of justice differ from the Sophists?
How did Socrates' view of justice differ from the Sophists?
He sought universal definition of justice
What principle did Socrates develop about order and disorder?
What principle did Socrates develop about order and disorder?
Order is good & disorder is evil
How did Socrates shift the focus of philosophy?
How did Socrates shift the focus of philosophy?
From natural world to ethics & behaviour