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== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> == * '''Socrates''' β The "Father" of Western ethics: who "Wrote Nothing" but "Influenced" "Everything" through his "Students" (Plato/Xenophon). * '''The Socratic Method''' (Elenchus) β A "Form" of "Cooperative Argumentative Dialogue" based on "Asking and Answering Questions" to "Stimulate" "Critical Thinking." * '''The Unexamined Life''' β Famous quote: "The unexamined life is not worth living." (The 'Requirement' to 'Question' one's own beliefs). * '''Intellectual Humility''' β The "Socratic Paradox": "I know that I know nothing." * '''Virtue is Knowledge''' β The "Idea" that "No One" "Willfully" does "Evil"; "Bad Actions" are the "Result" of "Ignorance" of "What is Good." * '''Dialectic''' β The "Art" of "Investigating" the "Truth" through "Logical Debate." * '''Maieutics''' β (Midwifery): Socrates' "Idea" that he "Does Not Teach" "New Knowledge" but "Helps" the student "Give Birth" to "Knowledge" they "Already Have." * '''The Oracle of Delphi''' β Who "Declared" Socrates to be the "Wisest Man in Greece," "Leading" him to "Test" this by "Questioning" "Experts." * '''The Gadfly''' β Socratesβ "Self-Description": a "Nuisance" who "Stings" the "Lazy Horse" (Athens) to "Wake It Up." * '''The Hemlock''' β The "Poison" Socrates was "Forced" to "Drink" after being "Sentenced to Death" for "Corrupting the Youth" and "Impiety." </div> <div style="background-color: #006400; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
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