I must dive deep within my suke and find some bravery, for I wish to be honest with you all and just say that I honestly have not the slightest idea what was going on for most of Socrates argument with Euthyphro. The only time that I understood what was going on was on page 15 when Socrates was referring to the poem and saying that you can have fear without shame but that to have shame requires a certain kind of fear. That made sense. The rest of whatever he was trying to say on pages 12-14 was undecipherable for me.
I will say, however, that I do like this line of questioning in general. I particularly like Socrates style of questioning where he asks a question and simultaneously answers it by forcing the questioned into a corner and working and weaving them into a trap via their own questions and replies. I like circular questions particularly because of my own gnawing and nagging question of fate vs free will. All in all I am very much enjoying Plato/Socrates.
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Briana, I totally agree! I love the questions that Socrates poses! One of the things that helps me understand is to read it out loud or listen to it! Hope that helps! :)
ReplyDeleteI think many times we see Socrates' affluence for the discernment of truth through this reading. he doesn't allow the things said to be taken a face value and looked over, but he really examines them and forces the other side of the argument to come forth. Shows the true colors of the issue at hand.
ReplyDeleteI definitely understand enjoying the circular questioning. I absolutely see where you're coming from with that because I certainly have my own questions that seem only to lead to more questions and never an actual answer. One of those definitely being the fate vs. free will. At times it's fun and entertaining to go around the circle and often,I think I've finally concluded something...and then I realized that yet again I'm left with more questions and that's when the frustrating sits in. And then the cycle repeats itself.
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