Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Wednesday's class: The Slower Runner, Death

Plato's "Apology": Paragraphs 18-23

On Wednesday you will be finishing Plato's version of Socrates' defense.  While you read/listen, highlight and underline important details in the text. 

Then you will fill out a forming evidence-based claims handout in order to form conclusions about Socrates' attitude towards dying, the penality he must face for his "crimes" against the citizens of Athens.

The work you do today is very important and will factor into your final assessment of this EVIDENCE-BASED Claims unit.  You will need this work for Friday, when you will be writing two paragraphs in class.


Some of your claims from today:

Socrates thinks the death sentence isn't fair.

Socrates thinks that death could be bad or good depending on the person.

Socrates thinks death is great because he want to die; it will set him free.

Socrates thinks it is better to die than live so he won't disturb anyone.

Socrates thinks death is a good thing.

Socrates thinks death could possibly be a "splendid journey."

Socrates thinks death is what has been placed on his path and if so, he is ready to die and see what happens next.

Socrates thinks death is the solution so he won't have anymore problems.

Socrates thinks death could be a good place to go.

Socrates thinks death isn't a bad thing if you have not done anything bad.

Socrates thinks death is not necessarily a bad thing; it can be better than living on earth.  Death isn't always a punishment as much as a reward for some people.

Socrates thinks death is a good thing because it changes your way of thinking and elminates your problems.

Socrates thinks death is a good thing because then he doesn't have to listen to people complain to him that what he's teaching them isn't ok.

Socrates thinks death is good for him because of all the charges he will be released from and what Socrates can do, such as obsrve who is wise and who thinks he is wise but isn't in the underword.






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