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1. " You said, I believe. that it was by virtue of one characteristic that
impious things are impious, and pious things pious. ... teach me what
that characteristic itself is, in order that by concentrating on it and
using it as a model, I may call pious any action of your or anyone
else's that is such as it, and may deny to be pious whatever isn't such
as it." (Euthyphro 6d-e) - Correct Answer✔✔-This is an important
quotation because it calls for a standard from which Socrates can
measure any claim against. The essence of, the characteristic itself is
what one can measure the value of truth or falsity from rather than
relying on examples. To be the judge of actions one should have a
standard to look up to.
2. "If a person knows how to do the things that are pleasing to the
gods in prayer and sacrifice - those are the ones that are pious."
(Euthyphro 14b) - Correct Answer✔✔-We have heard this from
Euthyphro once in the text, he continues to give examples. While we
might now know that prayer and sacrifice are pious acts, we know
nothing of the essence of piety. This shows the lack of stroke in
definition when finding the meaning of piety.
3. "I'm only too aware that I've no claim to being wise in anything
either great or small." (Apology 21b) - Correct Answer✔✔-Socrates
admits not being wise in anything as this goes against his philosophy.
He first tries to find someone who appears to be wise, but under
examination we find them to be unwise. This unveiling of ignorance
is from where Socrates would begin their search for truth, but in
showing that the other person is unwise they are insulted. As Socrates
claims, the Oracle of Delphi said that no one is wiser than Socrates,
which means to say that Socrates is wise only because he accepts his
ignorance when pursuing his Socratic method. Socrates is wiser as he
does not pretend to a knowledge that he doesn't possess.
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4. "Neither to do wrong or to return a wrong is ever right, not even to
injure in return for an injury received" (Crito 48d) - Correct
Answer✔✔-This is an important quotation as it hinges on the decision
of what Socrates will do in terms of doing wrong or right in face of
his execution. Socrates acts on the principle that it is better to suffer
than to do an injustice because there is no justice in this situation. In
being condemned by the people of the city Socrates accepts their laws
and would not break their laws as this would be injustice, he is
concerned in acting justly and this is the only consideration that has
any weight.
5. "As the whole of nature is akin, and the soul has learned
everything, nothing prevents a man, after recalling one thing only - a
process men call learning - discovering everything else for himself, if
he is brave and does not tire of the search, for searching and learning
are, as a whole, recollection." (Meno 81d) - Correct Answer✔✔-This
is an important quotation as it relates to Socrates' Theory of
Recollection. Socrates wants to explain the process of learning as a
process of remembering. This stands as support for the method of
hypothesis through inquiry. If learning something is merely recalling
it, then inquiry itself is the first step, it is the process one goes through
before recollecting. Just as with the method of hypothesis one claims
to a truth that one believes to be true, working backwards, the inquiry
itself is contingent on a claim which one believes to be true. In
recalling for oneself what one has learned they are recollecting their
own knowledge.
6. "So we must, it appears, inquire into the qualities of something the
nature of which we do not yet know. However, please relax your rule
a bit for me and agree to investigate whether it is teachable or not by
means of a hypothesis." (Meno 86 d-e) - Correct Answer✔✔-This
quotation is important in the passage as Meno has continued to ignore
the ways in which Socrates asks for an essence rather than examples.
Socrates here is introducing a method of hypothesis as an alternative
way to tackle the question. He is compromising with Meno by using
this method borrowed from geometers. Socrates introduces the
method as a form of reduction of one question to another whose
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1. " You said, I believe. that it was by virtue of one characteristic that
impious things are impious, and pious things pious. ... teach me what
that characteristic itself is, in order that by concentrating on it and
using it as a model, I may call pious any action of your or anyone
else's that is such as it, and may deny to be pious whatever isn't such
as it." (Euthyphro 6d-e) - Correct Answer✔✔-This is an important
quotation because it calls for a standard from which Socrates can
measure any claim against. The essence of, the characteristic itself is
what one can measure the value of truth or falsity from rather than
relying on examples. To be the judge of actions one should have a
standard to look up to.
2. "If a person knows how to do the things that are pleasing to the
gods in prayer and sacrifice - those are the ones that are pious."
(Euthyphro 14b) - Correct Answer✔✔-We have heard this from
Euthyphro once in the text, he continues to give examples. While we
might now know that prayer and sacrifice are pious acts, we know
nothing of the essence of piety. This shows the lack of stroke in
definition when finding the meaning of piety.
3. "I'm only too aware that I've no claim to being wise in anything
either great or small." (Apology 21b) - Correct Answer✔✔-Socrates
admits not being wise in anything as this goes against his philosophy.
He first tries to find someone who appears to be wise, but under
examination we find them to be unwise. This unveiling of ignorance
is from where Socrates would begin their search for truth, but in
showing that the other person is unwise they are insulted. As Socrates
claims, the Oracle of Delphi said that no one is wiser than Socrates,
which means to say that Socrates is wise only because he accepts his
ignorance when pursuing his Socratic method. Socrates is wiser as he
does not pretend to a knowledge that he doesn't possess.
, 2
4. "Neither to do wrong or to return a wrong is ever right, not even to
injure in return for an injury received" (Crito 48d) - Correct
Answer✔✔-This is an important quotation as it hinges on the decision
of what Socrates will do in terms of doing wrong or right in face of
his execution. Socrates acts on the principle that it is better to suffer
than to do an injustice because there is no justice in this situation. In
being condemned by the people of the city Socrates accepts their laws
and would not break their laws as this would be injustice, he is
concerned in acting justly and this is the only consideration that has
any weight.
5. "As the whole of nature is akin, and the soul has learned
everything, nothing prevents a man, after recalling one thing only - a
process men call learning - discovering everything else for himself, if
he is brave and does not tire of the search, for searching and learning
are, as a whole, recollection." (Meno 81d) - Correct Answer✔✔-This
is an important quotation as it relates to Socrates' Theory of
Recollection. Socrates wants to explain the process of learning as a
process of remembering. This stands as support for the method of
hypothesis through inquiry. If learning something is merely recalling
it, then inquiry itself is the first step, it is the process one goes through
before recollecting. Just as with the method of hypothesis one claims
to a truth that one believes to be true, working backwards, the inquiry
itself is contingent on a claim which one believes to be true. In
recalling for oneself what one has learned they are recollecting their
own knowledge.
6. "So we must, it appears, inquire into the qualities of something the
nature of which we do not yet know. However, please relax your rule
a bit for me and agree to investigate whether it is teachable or not by
means of a hypothesis." (Meno 86 d-e) - Correct Answer✔✔-This
quotation is important in the passage as Meno has continued to ignore
the ways in which Socrates asks for an essence rather than examples.
Socrates here is introducing a method of hypothesis as an alternative
way to tackle the question. He is compromising with Meno by using
this method borrowed from geometers. Socrates introduces the
method as a form of reduction of one question to another whose
