Part One: Choose one of the following two questions:
- Has there been a Socrates figure in your life? If so, describe that person and discuss the way he or she changed your life.
- B: Find an idea in the first online lecture that interests you and post your philosophical thoughts on that idea.
Part Two. Read the posts of others in the class, pick one person and post a critical thinking reply to their thoughts.
Posts of others
KAIA G ARMAS
The Socrates figure in my life is my father. I used to find him very frustrating ,the way he always wanted to “talk” about everything so we understood the bigger picture. He wanted drill down with questions to get to the heart of things and make us understand what the consequences were of our choices and the language we used. From a young age he told us that we did not need many “things” and every year things we did not use we donated. It was about the experience and understanding what is important. He believes in reasoning and being able to understand what you are talking about even though I don’t always know what he is talking about. I think also reading about Socrates that it was hard for us to challenge or question ourselves. Asking why you believe something also makes a person analyze their own reasoning and not just repeat what we believe to be true or are socialized to believe. Socrates believed in questioning beliefs and values, and getting people to discuss it with others. I have seen my dad change my grandparents mind about things they thought were true by asking them these very questions. It is something that I am not very good at.
