Problem
A. Does Socrates know anything? Your answer should explain different possible meanings of "knowledge" and different types of things he may or may not know. Your answer should also consider Socrates' story about the Delphic Oracle from the Apology and specific passages from two different dialogues were he seems to claim or to display knowledge. (These specific passages should be briefly quoted or cited with marginal page numbers.) How can we fit all of this into a consistent interpretation of Socrates?
B. How does Euthyphro violate the values of Homeric society? What evidence do we see in the dialogue that he continues to accept the Homeric view of the gods? (Give specific examples with marginal page numbers.) How does the dialogue suggest that Euthyphro's new values are inconsistent with the Homeric view of the gods? How does Socrates account of the good in the Allegory of the Cave fit with Euthyphro's new values?
C. In response to Meno's challenge to the possibility of learning, Socrates claims that learning must be recollection. Carefully explain Meno's challenge, and show why Socrates think that his view of learning as a kind of recollection provide the only adequate response to it.
D. Explain, compare, and contrast the views of justice presented by Thrasymachus and Glaucon. What are they? How are they similar? How are they different? How does Socrates' discussion of virtue, function, harmony, and the soul attempt to show the flaws in these views of justice?