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I have mentioned the names of some great ones of those times. One of the greatest of these, I have not yet mentioned. His name was Socrates. He was a philosopher, always searching for the truth. To him, the only thing worth having was the truth, and he often discussed difficult questions with his friends and acquaintances, so that out of the discussion, the truth might emerge. He had many disciples or chelas, and the greatest of these was Plato. From his books, we know a great deal of his master, Socrates. Evidently, governments do not like the search, trying to find out things: they held a trial and condemned him to death. They told him that if he promised to give up his discussion with people and changed his ways, they would let him off. But he refused to do so and preferred the cup of poison, which brought him death, for giving up what he considered his duty.

What is the source of our knowledge about Socrates? 

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I have mentioned the names of some great ones of those times. One of the greatest of these, I have not yet mentioned. His name was Socrates. He was a philosopher, always searching for the truth. To him, the only thing worth having was the truth, and he often discussed difficult questions with his friends and acquaintances, so that out of the discussion, the truth might emerge. He had many disciples or chelas, and the greatest of these was Plato. From his books, we know a great deal of his master, Socrates. Evidently, governments do not like the search, trying to find out things: they held a trial and condemned him to death. They told him that if he promised to give up his discussion with people and changed his ways, they would let him off. But he refused to do so and preferred the cup of poison, which brought him death, for giving up what he considered his duty.

“But he refused to do so...” What did he refuse to do?

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I have mentioned the names of some great ones of those times. One of the greatest of these, I have not yet mentioned. His name was Socrates. He was a philosopher, always searching for the truth. To him, the only thing worth having was the truth, and he often discussed difficult questions with his friends and acquaintances, so that out of the discussion, the truth might emerge. He had many disciples or chelas, and the greatest of these was Plato. From his books, we know a great deal of his master, Socrates. Evidently, governments do not like the search, trying to find out things: they held a trial and condemned him to death. They told him that if he promised to give up his discussion with people and changed his ways, they would let him off. But he refused to do so and preferred the cup of poison, which brought him death, for giving up what he considered his duty.

What qualities of Socrates does the extract reveal?

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I have mentioned the names of some great ones of those times. One of the greatest of these, I have not yet mentioned. His name was Socrates. He was a philosopher, always searching for the truth. To him, the only thing worth having was the truth, and he often discussed difficult questions with his friends and acquaintances, so that out of the discussion, the truth might emerge. He had many disciples or chelas, and the greatest of these was Plato. From his books, we know a great deal of his master, Socrates. Evidently, governments do not like the search, trying to find out things: they held a trial and condemned him to death. They told him that if he promised to give up his discussion with people and changed his ways, they would let him off. But he refused to do so and preferred the cup of poison, which brought him death, for giving up what he considered his duty.

How would you have reacted to the death of Socrates if you had been one of his chelas?

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I have mentioned the names of some great ones of those times. One of the greatest of these, I have not yet mentioned. His name was Socrates. He was a philosopher, always searching for the truth. To him, the only thing worth having was the truth, and he often discussed difficult questions with his friends and acquaintances, so that out of the discussion, the truth might emerge. He had many disciples or chelas, and the greatest of these was Plato. From his books, we know a great deal of his master, Socrates. Evidently, governments do not like the search, trying to find out things: they held a trial and condemned him to death. They told him that if he promised to give up his discussion with people and changed his ways, they would let him off. But he refused to do so and preferred the cup of poison, which brought him death, for giving up what he considered his duty.

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They held a trial. It condemned him to death. (Rewrite the sentence using “which”.)

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I have mentioned the names of some great ones of those times. One of the greatest of these, I have not yet mentioned. His name was Socrates. He was a philosopher, always searching for the truth. To him, the only thing worth having was the truth, and he often discussed difficult questions with his friends and acquaintances, so that out of the discussion, the truth might emerge. He had many disciples or chelas, and the greatest of these was Plato. From his books, we know a great deal of his master, Socrates. Evidently, governments do not like the search, trying to find out things: they held a trial and condemned him to death. They told him that if he promised to give up his discussion with people and changed his ways, they would let him off. But he refused to do so and preferred the cup of poison, which brought him death, for giving up what he considered his duty.

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Plato wrote many books. (Rewrite the sentence using the past tense.)

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I have mentioned the names of some great ones of those times. One of the greatest of these, I have not yet mentioned. His name was Socrates. He was a philosopher, always searching for the truth. To him, the only thing worth having was the truth, and he often discussed difficult questions with his friends and acquaintances, so that out of the discussion, the truth might emerge. He had many disciples or chelas, and the greatest of these was Plato. From his books, we know a great deal of his master, Socrates. Evidently, governments do not like the search, trying to find out things: they held a trial and condemned him to death. They told him that if he promised to give up his discussion with people and changed his ways, they would let him off. But he refused to do so and preferred the cup of poison, which brought him death, for giving up what he considered his duty.

Choose the alternative that gives the correct meaning of the following sentence:

A philosopher is a person

a) who is interested in studies.
b) who is a lover of wisdom.
c) who is philanthropic by nature.

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I have mentioned the names of some great ones of those times. One of the greatest of these, I have not yet mentioned. His name was Socrates. He was a philosopher, always searching for the truth. To him, the only thing worth having was the truth, and he often discussed difficult questions with his friends and acquaintances, so that out of the discussion, the truth might emerge. He had many disciples or chelas, and the greatest of these was Plato. From his books, we know a great deal of his master, Socrates. Evidently, governments do not like the search, trying to find out things: they held a trial and condemned him to death. They told him that if he promised to give up his discussion with people and changed his ways, they would let him off. But he refused to do so and preferred the cup of poison, which brought him death, for giving up what he considered his duty.

Choose the alternative that gives the correct meaning of the word 'emerge':

a) Come out as a result of an inquiry or question, difficulty, etc.
b) Become clear.
c) Become easy.

The great advantage of early rising is the good start it gives us in our day’s work. The early riser can do a large amount of work before other men get out of bed. In the morning, the mind is fresh, and there are hardly any distractions. As such, the work done at this time is generally well done. In many cases, the early riser finds time to exercise that supplies him with a fund of energy until the evening. By beginning early, he knows that he has plenty of time to do thoroughly all the work that he is expected to do and is not tempted to hurry over any part of it.
All his work is finished in a good time, and he has a long interval of rest in the evening before the timely hour comes for going to bed. He gets to sleep and rises early next morning in good health and spirits for the labours of a new day.

Mention any two advantages of early rising.