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Kevin
 Aug 20, 07 - 8:40 PM |
Socrates and a STRONG argument in an Aristotelian "square"
As previously asserted in another post, Plato documents (in THE APOLOGY) a "strong argument"; actually a STRONG PROPOSITION; received by Socrates's friend Chairoph(r)on (spelling?) in answer to a question that friend put to a priestess of the Delphic Oracle on one occasion. The answer which Socrates's friend received to his question was, "NO MAN is WISER than Socrates". That proposition can be placed (abbreviating "than Socrates" with "TS") in an Aristotelian "square" against its contrary and contradictory propositions, as follows: EVERY man is wiser TS (false) vs. No man is wiser TS (TRUE) C N O O N I T T R C A I D A I R C T T N I O O C N SOME man is wiser TS(false)& SOME man is NOT wiser TS(TRUE) Most philosophy students have heard that Socrates went about Athens literally attempting TO REFUTE that Oracle by finding merely one person who was WISER than himself. He did that, as Plato documents in THE APOLOGY, because he was, quote, "VERY CONSCIOUS TO MYSELF THAT I AM NOT WISE...Whatever can the god mean? What is His (Apollo's) riddle? CONTRARY to Aristotle's contention that Socrates was (only; merely) "seeking to syllogize" Socrates's consciousness of being NOT WISE does come from an ACTUAL SYLLOGISM. contd. Kevin |
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