Socrates Argumentative Essay

There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.” – Socrates, Phaedo 89d:2

Wisdom is perfect, beautiful and forever absolute – the efficacy of truth, regarding any and all subjects and temporal and metaphysical concerns of conscious being, does not progressively degrade1; however, I believe it is also conversely feasible that one’s comprehension of truth can arguably be perceived to dilute by and within the limitations manifested through the existence and effect of the physical scalar that is time and aging. Though society can progress and human ideas and perceptions can change, the majority of classically important and essential philosophical works – ostensibly succeeding in their efforts to catch and miraculously
Transcending the limitations of Socratic ideas relating solely to ideas embraced by the Athenian himself, I would now like to expand upon Socratic postulations with arguments of my own realizations3. Principally, I would like to touch upon the subject of what I believe can be inferred from understanding of Socratic ideas1; though it can be objected to (without my comprehension of an understandable logical basis), I believe the ultimate and singular basis for - and constituent of - all things that are intrinsically mirroring of the comprehensible ideal of absolute and righteous truth, and also the hypothetical notion of the existence of a conceivable whole of which it is a singular part, is metonymically and figuratively reflective of that very said
evil, selfish and negative human sentiment) is in direct contradiction and opposition to events and things which are conducive – and thus constructively positive – to the overall welfare and state of the human condition. With these terms in consideration, I additionally argue, on the given grounds that God can be conceived to exist as the perfect and composite whole of all manifestations of physical and metaphysical being within universal existence, as well as perfectly existing of and within the parameters of physical spacetime and equitable, albeit intangible metaphysical constituents5, is thus is the ultimate equivalent and reflection of the ideal of eternal truth6. Thus, essentially, ignorance is temporally reflective of the ideal of absolute evil because of the notion that absolute evil stands in direct opposition to the will of God, destiny, and the course of positive or otherwise progressively constructive human events, as well as the soul’s desires7. Finally, to reiterate the essential and obvious point: Absolute, deliberate ignorance is the equivalent of absolute evil, in opposition to the will of God and the