Lecture Notes: Key Terms and Concepts (Socrates, Philosophy, Polis, Logos, etc.)

Flashcards covering key terms and concepts from the lecture notes on Socrates, philosophy, and related ideas.

psyche

The soul.

oikos

Household; private space.

demos

The people.

democracy

Rule by the people.

krateo

To rule (note: the -cracy ending in related words like democracy or theocracy).

polis

City-state.

sophia

Wisdom.

sophist

A paid rhetorician who crafts language for a particular purpose.

Socrates (etymology per notes)

Derived from sophia (wisdom) and krateo (to rule) as described in the notes.

philosophy

Love of wisdom.

apologia

Defense.

daimon

Spirit; inner voice or conscience that tells you not to do something.

tacit consent

Unspoken, silent consent.

expressed consent

Explicit, spoken consent.

unexamined opinion

Belief held without critical scrutiny.

logos

Words and reason.

dialogical

Two people speaking back and forth, evolving in response to one another.

interlocutor

The in-between speaker in a dialogue; e.g., Meletus in Apology.

Socratic Method

A method of questioning and dialogue used by Socrates to examine beliefs.

intersectionality

The idea that overlapping social identities (race, gender, class) influence experiences of oppression and privilege.

gadfly

Socrates as the gadfly to Athens: a stirring, annoying challenger to the polis.

Crito

Dialogue about whether Socrates should escape prison and the relationship to law.

Meletus

The accuser in the Apology (one of the prosecutors).