Honors - Plato & Socrates

Logos

reason

Physis

natural world

Sophists

traveling purveyors of knowledge and wisdom

Socrates

Philosophia

never wrote his own thoughts

only seen as a character

Psychē

the mind or soul

asebia

charge against disrespect of polis gods

The Clouds

comedy in which Socrates is portrayed as a sophist and his students study ass-stronomy

Plato

born to rich family

early interest in poetry

student of Socrates

never uses his voice in his works

Forms/Ideas

born with objective understanding

the Good, the Just, the Beautiful, etc.

True Earth

Pure, higher world

pure, beautiful sky

spherical shape

Meletus

person who convicts Socrates for asebia and corruption of young men

Phaedo

student of Socrates

witnessed and recounted Socrates last words before his death

Simmias

student of Socrates

convinced by Socrates that soul is immortal

poses harmony analogy - soul ceases to exist when body ends just like harmony ceases to exist when the singers leave

Cebes

student of Socrates

convinced by Socrates that soul is immortal

cloak analogy - maker (soul) outlives cloaks (body) but eventually a cloak (body) outlives the maker (soul)