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Question 1
Whose analysis of Socrates made use of the same three sources on Socrates that Kierkegaard
would later use in The Concept of Irony?
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H. L. Martensen
F. D. E. Schleiermacher
K. L. Michelet
G. W. F. Hegel
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Question 2
What ancient writing does Hegel see as exemplary for the Greek view of traditional ethical life
prior to Socrates?
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Plato’s Euthyphro
Sophocles’ Antigone
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Xenophon’s Symposium
Aristophanes’ The Clouds
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Question 3
Hegel feels that Tennemann’s understanding of the condemnation of Socrates is inadequate
because
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Tennemann misses the point that Socrates’ philosophizing
in fact undermines the public ethical order of ancient Athens.
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Tennemann allows that, within the legal framework of the
day, Socrates may in fact have deserved to be put to death.
Tennemann accepts the legal proceedings against
Socrates as appropriate justice.
Tennemann praises Socrates for abstaining from
presenting a positive content in his teaching.
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Question 4
Why does Hegel describe Socrates as a “mental turning point”?
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because Socrates believed in divinely sanctioned customs
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and habits.
because Socrates believed that whatever the individual
thinks had validity in itself.
because Socrates was interested in understanding the
world of nature.
because Socrates was the first philosopher to shift the
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emphasis from the objective sphere to the inward sphere of
the individual.
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Question 5
What criticism does Hegel have of Socrates?
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Relying too much on religion
Being a relativist
Not offering positive arguments
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Letting the Athenians sentence him to death
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Question 6
Why was H. L. Martensen very popular among students and scholars at the University of
Copenhagen?
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Martensen analyzed the concept of “Romanticism” in his
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dissertation
Martensen was interested only in research not teaching
Martensen popularized Hegel in Denmark
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Martensen came back from a two-year trip around Spain
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Question 7
What is the importance of Kierkegaard’s famous statement uttered in the village of Gilleleje?
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Kierkegaard finally understands the philosophy of Hegel.
Kierkegaard acknowledges the falsity of the Hegelian
understanding of the philosophy of Socrates.
Kierkegaard realizes that he wants to discover the
subjective truth that is valid for him.
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Kierkegaard comes up with the idea of writing Either/Or.
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Question 8
Which of the following characteristics of Socratic philosophical practice is at once criticized by
Hegel and celebrated by Kierkegaard?
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Maieutics
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Incredulity towards customs
Syllogistic reasoning
Negativity
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Question 9
Which of the following Greek writers was not a source for the portrayal of Socrates in both Hegel
and Kierkegaard?
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Xenophon
Plato
Protagoras
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Aristophanes
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Question 10
When Hegel talks about Sittlichkeit, he is referring to...
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the objective, natural world.
the subjective vis-à-vis the objective order of things.
a cultural sphere of time-honored customs and habits.
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the inward realm of thought.
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