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Socrates considered the prejudice that he was a natural scientist or a Sophist to be negative because it was believed that:
{ 1 } - These kinds of people feared death.
{ 2 } - These kinds of people were concerned only with money.
{ 3 } - These kinds of people did not believe in the gods.
{ 4 } - These kinds of people were not involved in political life.
{ 5 } - This kind of people was not wise.
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Socrates considered the prejudice that he was a natural scientist or a Sophist to be negative because it was believed that:
{ 1 } - These kinds of people feared death.
{ 2 } - These kinds of people were concerned only with money.
{ 3 } - These kinds of people did not believe in the gods.
{ 4 } - These kinds of people were not involved in political life.
{ 5 } - This kind of people was not wise.
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Socrates considered the prejudice that he was a natural scientist or a Sophist to be negative because it was believed that:
{ 1 } - These kinds of people feared death.
{ 2 } - These kinds of people were concerned only with money.
{ 3 } - These kinds of people did not believe in the gods.
{ 4 } - These kinds of people were not involved in political life.
{ 5 } - This kind of people was not wise.
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Socrates considered the prejudice that he was a natural scientist or a Sophist to be negative because it was believed that:
{ 1 } - These kinds of people feared death.
{ 2 } - These kinds of people were concerned only with money.
{ 3 } - These kinds of people did not believe in the gods.
{ 4 } - These kinds of people were not involved in political life.
{ 5 } - This kind of people was not wise.
People may have believed this because of the natural scientists' success in explaining some realities by material forces. Such success may incline one to think that everything can be explained by such forces, making the divine unnecessary as an explanation for reality. As for the Sophists, they made the worse argument the stronger. Since truth is associated with God, those who convinced other of what was false might well be considered to be unbelievers. Since the second official charge against Socrates was of him "not believing in the gods in whom the city believes," association of him with those thought to be unbelievers was negatively prejudicial.
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Socrates considered the prejudice that he was a natural scientist or a Sophist to be negative because it was believed that:
{ 1 } - These kinds of people feared death.
{ 2 } - These kinds of people were concerned only with money.
{ 3 } - These kinds of people did not believe in the gods.
{ 4 } - These kinds of people were not involved in political life.
{ 5 } - This kind of people was not wise.
Socrates was the one whose divine sign prevented him from taking part in public affairs. See 31c-32e.
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Socrates considered the prejudice that he was a natural scientist or a Sophist to be negative because it was believed that:
{ 1 } - These kinds of people feared death.
{ 2 } - These kinds of people were concerned only with money.
{ 3 } - These kinds of people did not believe in the gods.
{ 4 } - These kinds of people were not involved in political life.
{ 5 } - This kind of people was not wise.
On the contrary, it was the belief that Socrates was wise that led to the prejudice that he was a natural scientist. See 18b.
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