PHILOSOPHY 1313 THE EXAMINED LIFE Reading Response A 1 2 Apology pp 28 24b 32 28b GRADE 0 1 2 3 Full Name McKayla Bobbitt Section 10 PART I READING QUESTIONS 1 What does Socrates understand the charge that he is guilty of corrupting the young to mean Support your answer with reference to passages from the text Socrates believes the young men who follow him around see him question the wise and in turn try the same thing Furthermore the young men who follow me around of their own free will they themselves often imitate me and try to question others 23c This sets the ones being questioned off into a rage they blame Socrates saying he teaches them wrong things but have nothing to claim against him so they use a general accusation against most philosophers They would not want to tell the truth I m sure that they have been proven to lay claim to knowledge when they know nothing 2 Why does Socrates ask if the man exist who would rather be harmed than benefited by his associates Socrates is questioning Meletus and wants him to answer is there is any person who purposely wants to be harmed by his company He is trying o prove the point that if he were indeed corrupting the youth that child in turn would turn against Socrates namely that if I make one of my associates wicked I run the risk of being harmed by him 25e 3 In what way does Meletus believe that Socrates corrupts the young Meletus makes a general accusation against Socrates that was used against majority of philosophers even though they did not apply to Socrates because they had nothing legitimate to blame him for Socrates is guilty of corrupting the young and of not believing in the gods in whom the city believes but in other new spiritual things 24c 4 How does Socrates respond to this charge Socrates turns the charge around and puts the spot light on Meletus He claim Meletus has messed with the court system by pretending to care about the insignificant things he s brought in I say that Meletus is guilty of dealing frivolously with serious matters and irresponsibly bringing people into court and of professing to be seriously concerned with things about none of which he has ever cared 24c 24d 5 What evidence does the text provide to support Socrates contention that he believes in spiritual things He uses the name of the gods to swear things the same way would ask someone to take an oath on the bible You would not use this unless you had faith in what you swear upon And by Zeus Meletus 25c Then by those very gods about whom we are talking Meletus 26c Is that by Zeus what you think of me Meletus 26e PART II CRITICAL RESPONSE A Type out in its entirety a passage from the reading that you find significant or interesting i e one that you think merits further in class discussion Tell me does this also apply to horses do you think That all men improve them and one individual corrupts them Or is it quite the contrary true one individual is able is able to improve them or very few namely the horse breeders whereas the majority if they have horses and use them corrupt them Is that not the case Meletus both with horses and all other animals 25b B Explain why you think the passage is significant meriting further in class discussion Socrates uses a metaphor here and compares humans to horses But in turn humans should be much smarted than horses although I understand his comparison I still do not see it to be accurate especially for use in a court of law Horses can learn and be trained in one way as so can humans but humans can also act against their training Horses can do the same but typically do not know they have the free will to do so C State and clarify at least one question which the passage raises What was the point of Socrates using horses Like of all comparisons why horses