PROTOLOGIC


A. All the Brave are Confident.
B. All Virtue is Noble
(Ba.All the Brave are Noble.)
C. All the Wise are Confident.
D Some Confident men are not Wise.
E. No Confident men who are not Wise are Noble.
Therefore, in consequence of E and Ba:

F.________________________________________________________________________
G. All Wise men who are Confident are Brave.
Therefore in consequence of C and G:

H.________________________________________________________________________
I. All the Confident are Brave.
J.All the Brave are Wise


Answer the following questions:

The above propositions occur in or could be inferred from the argument Socrates and Protagoras engage in their second round (348b--360e). They are a.) either granted by Protagoras without argument, b.) granted by Protagoras after a line of argumentation, c.) are not granted but are being argued for, d.) or do not occur. Identify which by the given letters and cite the paragraph numbers and lines when appropriate. Also, try to infer F and H yourself. Note that H is the conclusion Socrates is trying to reach. He could reach it using I--can you see how? But he certainly doesn't want to. Why? On the other hand, Socrates doesn't need to prove H because to achieve his immediate goal which is to disprove the statement made by Protagoras at 349d, he merely has to prove its contradictory which is ........which of the above propositions?

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