Philosophy Worksheet
Kreeft, Philosophy 101 by Socrates

Directions:
1. Please type your answers to these questions. (Handwritten answers will be accepted, but at a 15-point penalty.)
2. Put your name on at the top of the page.
3. Number your answers. Each answer should be at least four sentences long.
4. Print out two copies of your answers -- one for you and one for me -- and bring them to class. Late papers (turned in after the class is over) will earn a zero for the assignment.

I. The Apology of Socrates: Philosophy Defended

14. Philosophy is a divine calling

a. Socrates did not believe in the gods of the state because he was a philosopher. Does that mean philosophers don’t need to believe in God?

b. What does Kreeft mean when he calls philosophy a “divine calling”? Cite examples from Plato’s Apology.

c. Kreeft says that “a little piety is respectable and safe.” Is a person more religious when he believes in one God or in many gods?

d. Read Acts 17:22-34. What do you think St. Paul meant when he called the Athenians “very religious” (v. 22)? Did he mean they believed in the same God he did?