Socrates Asks, "If We Have Made Him [The Boy] Doubt

question 164

Multiple Choice

Socrates asks, "If we have made him [the boy] doubt, then have we done him any harm?" Socrates then answers this question by saying ...

• A) "we have made the boy so confused that he cannot do the necessary calculation."
• B) "the doubt can be removed by teaching the boy more Geometry."
• C) "we have certainly assisted him in some degree to the discovery of the truth."
• D) "the doubt will go away by itself given enough time."

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