38 pages • 1 hour read
PlatoA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
How does Socrates’s view of oratory contrast with his interlocutors’ views? What are the strengths and weaknesses of each view?
In seeking to define and explore the nature of rhetoric, Socrates also reveals many of his own views regarding philosophy. What does philosophy mean for Socrates? How is it depicted in relation to other forms of knowledge? What role, if any, do you believe philosophy can play in politics and society today?
Explain the distinction Socrates draws between knowledge and belief. Do you agree with this distinction? Why or why not?
By Plato
Allegory Of The Cave
Plato
Apology
Plato
Crito
Plato
Euthyphro
Plato
Ion
Plato
Meno
Plato
Phaedo
Plato
Phaedrus
Plato
Protagoras
Plato
Symposium
Plato
Theaetetus
Plato
The Last Days of Socrates
Plato
The Republic
Plato