Did Socrates's philosophical lifestyle have the
potential to "wake up" Athenians in a way that could have been useful
to that society?
Does the importance of being awoken in that way
justify the extreme manner that Socrates chose to live and die?
Do you agree that (to use a famous phrase from the
eighteenth century Prussian philosopher Immanuel Kant), awakening an
individual--or an entire society--from "dogmatic slumbers" is a
constructive and useful role of raising probing philosophical questions? Is
there a significant opportunity for philosophers or others to play this kind of
constructive role in our own society?
Please ensure that your essay addresses each
component of the assigned questions and that your answer is well-organized,
uses excellent, college-level prose, and makes judicious use of textual
evidence.
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