Thursday: "I neither know nor think I know."

Apology by Plato

Listen to paragraphs 4-9

The oracle is a priest or priestess who could deliver the prophesies of God.

1. What does Socrates think about the oracle's message?

2. What does Socrates do in an attempt to test the truth of the oracle's prophesy?

3. Why do Socrates' actions incite the anger of his peers?

Anubis: the Egyptian jackal-like god who represented reasoned judgment

In groups, work through these questions:

1. What realization does Socrates come to while trying to prove the oracle wrong?

2. Even though he knows he has angered many people with his interrogations, how does Socrates turn the argument around to his own benefit and make "the worse case look better"?