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The Socratic Method Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 12/15/2006
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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This cache is highlighting a bit about the famous greek philosopher Socrates.

Courtesy of Biography.com

"His technique, the Socratic method, was to ask for definitions of such morally significant concepts as piety and justice, and to elicit contradictions from the responses, thus exposing the ignorance of the responder and motivating deeper enquiry into the concepts. His profession to know none of the answers himself is ironic: he most probably held the doctrines that human excellence is a kind of knowledge; thus, that all wrongdoing is based on ignorance, that no one desires bad things; and that it is worse to do injustice than to suffer it."



To complete this puzzle cache you are going to need to spend a little time searching for some answers. The coordinates listed above are not the coordinates to find the cache. To get those coordinates you will need to find the answers to some questions.

N 42 31.(A.B.C.)

W 076 08.(D.E.F.)

A. Socrates' last moments were captured in the painting The Death of Socrates. In this picture what is the total number of figures in the hall and stairs beyond the room?

B. Excluding Socrates, what is the number of sitting figures in the room?

C.What is the number of figures in the room to the right of Socrates upraised arm?

D. What is the number of Socrates' limbs that are shackled in the painting?

E. What is the number of figures in the painting lying completely prone?

F. What is the number of windows visible in the painting?

This cache is contained in a Rubbermaid type plastic container.


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)