Socrates - Vocabulary in Context

Unlike earlier thinkers, Socrates shifted the focus of philosophy toward human behavior.

• Destroyed

• Moved or changed

• Ignored

These early philosophers laid the groundwork for scientific thinking.

• Created a building

• Prepared the foundation for something

• Cleaned the ground

His questions often revealed contradictions in people's thoughts.

• Repeated ideas

• Emotional reactions

• Opposing or conflicting ideas

Socrates was seen as a threat by some Athenian leaders.

• A possible danger or risk

• A helpful suggestion

• A legal decision

Socrates' legacy lived on through the works of Plato.

• A written law

• A gift of money

• Ideas or impact left after someone's death

He engaged people in conversation, asking probing questions.

• Avoided

• Involved or took part in

• Married

The Socratic Method encourages critical thinking.

• Thinking negatively

• Thinking creatively

• Thinking carefully and logically

He was accused of corrupting the youth.

• Improving morally

• Changing in a harmful or dishonest way

• Protecting or guiding

Socrates chose not to abandon his beliefs.

• Hold on tightly

• Leave or give up

• Celebrate publicly

Together, they formed the foundation of Western philosophy.

• The lowest part of a building

• Makeup for the face

• The basic idea or starting point of something