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Read the following passages and answer the questions put thereupon :Socrates did not have……….them in the open streets.Or Socrates went round….was right and noble. [From passage I]1. Why did Socrates wander along the streets and stand in the market places?2. How, according to Socrates, should man use his reason?OrWhat did Socrates teach his countrymen ?3. What were the changes in the life of Socrates as he grew older ?4. What power can every man develop by using reason according to Socrates ?5. What was the aim of Socrates?

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1. Socrates wandered along the streets and stood in the market places to talk to the people who greeted him.

2. Socrates taught his countrymen that everyone must learn to think for him self because by using his reason, he would have the power to see what was right, just, true and beautiful.

3. When Socrates grew older he began to think very little of bodily comfort and pleasure. He began to think about that was noble, honourable and just.

4. By using reason every man can develop the power to see what is right, just, true and beautiful.

5. Socrates’ aim was to make Athens a perfect state.


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