Defense of Socrates (17a-24b) - Fill-in-the-Blank Flashcards

Fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering accusers, charges, Aristophanes’ portrayal, Chaerephon, the Delphic oracle, and Socrates' view of wisdom.

Socrates’ accusers are __.

Meletus, Anytus and Lycon.

Meletus is aggrieved for the __, Anytus for the __ and Lycon for the __.

poets; craftsman and politicians; orators

Socrates points to two sets of charges: a/ the first set of charges is __; b/ the set of the more recent charges (18a).

falsely brought by his first accusers

These charges describe Socrates as a 'wise man' who and ; he would sometimes turn the weakest argument into the stronger.

ponders what is above the earth and investigates everything beneath it

Socrates argued that such subjects are not his concerns at all and that those subjects are __ in Aristophanes’ comedy.

enacted

In Aristophanes’ play there is a character called 'Socrates' who __ around, claims to be walking on air.

swings around, claims to be walking on air

Socrates says nobody ever heard him discussing such subjects; thus the charges are __.

baseless

Charge c/: Socrates would be a __; Evenus was.

sophist

The origin of the 'wise man' charge is Chaerephon’s Delphic oracle story that there is __ wiser than Socrates.

no one

Socrates concluded that the only sense in which he is wiser is that 'if he does not know something, he does not __'.

think he does

The wisest among you is anyone who has __ that with respect to wisdom he is truly worthless.

recognized

Socrates concluded that the arrogance of craftsmen and poets seems to __ their wisdom.

eclipse