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

2. Philosophy is selfish

a. What does it mean to be mentally selfish?

b. Why can you not be wise without knowing yourself?

c. “Nothing is harder to know than the self.” Do you agree? Defend your answer.

d. Why does Kreeft equate “know thyself” with “know what it is to be a human being”?