Why does Socrates reject the belief that Zeus is the cause of thunder and lightning? How does Socrates use the example of intestinal gas as an analogy? What does Socrates promote as the new deities?
Clouds and Apology PART A- REACTION QUESTIONS The satirical play, Clouds, suggests that while the scientific revolution inaugurated by the Presocratic thinkers in the sixth century is an advance over the mythological thought of Homer, it also has created an ethical crisis that will be exploited by the school of thinkers known as the Sophists. […]