Describe briefly the character of socrates

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1. Describe briefly the character of Socrates, as we know it from the testimony of his friends.
2. In what ways is Socrates like the Sophists?
3. In what ways is he different?
4. How does Socrates proceed in his "examination" of his fellow citizens.
5. What is the connection between dialectic and truth?
6. What kind of a person do you have to be to profit from a conversation with Socrates?
7. A number of things seem to have "stood fast" for Socrates in the course of all his examinations, things that in some sense we can say he "knows.". What are they?

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