DAY 5 - Socrates and Reality??

• Set the standard all subsequent Western philosophy.
• We depend upon other philosophers for info about him.
• Sentenced to death for "moral corruption" of Athens' youth - could have argued his way out but chose the high moral road and drank the hemlock anyway.
• No human knowingly does evil - we always strive to do right.
• Full time philosopher - used to be a mason.
• Focused on "moral character" - to understand "virtue", via knowledge.
• Free discussion is the path to knowledge and virtue.
• Socratic dialogues - main way he taught.
• Never accepted payment from his students.

What is REALITY??  Possible answers include:
1. The actual state of matter.
2. "Verity" of a statement - conformity with "fact".
3. Indisputable truths, e.g. Mathematical principles.
4. The state of being true.
5. Honesty, integrity, truthfulness.
6. Agreement with a standard or original.
7. Accuracy, as of position or adjustment.
8. Fidelity or constancy.
9. In truth, in reality; in fact; actually: e.g. "In truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire."