socrates

Socrates

“An unexamined life if not worth living.”

Know thyself

The highest form of human excellence is to question oneself and others

“live but die inside”

Essentially, the worst thing that can happen to anyone is to______.

As a result, to save our souls for the afterlife, we must be fully aware of who we are and the virtues

that come with it.

“Self if synonymous with the soul”

Every human possesses an immortal soul the survived the physical body

Two Realms

physical and ideal

Physical

changeable, transient, and imperfect

Ideal

unchanging, eternal, and immortal

Knowledge and Belief

o He went on to say that many people believe things that are not true. As a result, Socrates

distinguished between knowledge and belief.

o The former is always and universally true, whereas the latter is only true under certain

condition

Introspection

The soul strives for wisdom and perfection and reason is the soul’s tool to achieve this exalted state.

thinking and willing

According to the philosophers, Socrates may define soul as the ______ and _____ subject.

the soul is the person’s true self

“To think and will is the essence of the human person”