1. Everything has a functionthat it alone can do or that ir does better than anything else (ergon)
2. The virtue/ experience of a thing is that property that enables it to perform its function well (arete)
3.The function of the soul is living
4.From (2) and (3), the virtue of the soul is whatever enables it to perform its function well.
5. Justice is the virtue of the soul
6. Therefore from (5) and (6), a just person will live well and an unjust person will live badly
7. Therefore a just person is happy
argument.
powerless
By responding in unexpected ways
All men are mortal - Major Premise Socrates is a man - Minor Premise Therefore, Socrates is mortal - Conclusion
Socrates was not responding as he had hoped.
argument.
powerless
Crito says to do what people think is right, but Socrates says you must do what you think is right
By responding in unexpected ways
By responding in unexpected ways
All men are mortal - Major Premise Socrates is a man - Minor Premise Therefore, Socrates is mortal - Conclusion
crito says to do what people think is right,but socrates says you must do what you think is right
Crito says to do what people think is right, but Socrates says you must do what you think is right.
Socrates was not responding as he had hoped.
Socrates, uses the argument about borrowing a weapin from a friend and not giving it back when he is out of his mind.
relying on logic.
Elenchus. It's another word for the Socratic Method of argument through questions.