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

39. Philosophy is painful

a. Socrates is on trial for his life, yet the talks about the “pain I gave you.” Why does is he not the recipient of pain? What pain does he give his accusers?

b. Kreeft says that we need pain. Do you agree? What sort of pain does he mean?

c. Christianity is about the Cross. How have the words of Socrates helped you to understand why Jesus died?