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Socrates

Jake
TA: Noreen
Discussion Section: 12pm Friday

Discussion with Socrates

Socrates was an interrogative man, who asked questions incessantly in order to find out if he was the smartest man, as the god Apollo had stated to him. He would ask questions that dealt with moral issues, such as how should a person live, and what is a good life. Socrates is the smartest man because he knows that he doesn't know everything. Everyone else in Athens is the opposite, believing that they know everything about something or everything about everything. Socrates also believed that philosophy is the only way to prepare for death, because it encourages the separation between body and soul. He stated before he died that "dying cures me of the sickness, which is life." A conversation with Socrates would probably reveal a lot of things about me that I wouldn't particularly like, but hopefully I could learn, grow, and improve on those things.

If I were to be interrogated by Socrates......


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