Socrates The Making Of The West Peoples And Cultures
Socrates is one of the most famous and influential philosopher to change the common philosophy in Ancient Greece. Socrates’s main interest was to use his ideas in philosophy to make the state of Athens better. If it weren’t for his contributions in the Golden age, the civilization we live in now would not be the same. With the gathered research and analyzing of sources, Socrates’s’ ethics, logic, and Epistemology have been proven to live on to this day.
In “The Making of the West Peoples and Cultures, Volume 1, The Nature of Women and Marriage”, Socrates has a story written by his follower Xenophon, that discusses the gender roles in marriage in the late fifth century B.C.E. What Socrates tells his friend Ischomachus are the qualities a woman …show more content…
The two in the marriage used their skills of logic and ethics which was influenced by Socrates himself. This led the two into epistemology as well, their discussion in the text showed how they would acquire the things in life if they were to have children and etc.
In “The Making of the West Peoples and Cultures, Volume 1, Socrates on Ethics” it explains how Socrates is perceived as one of the founders of Western Philosophy through his charismatic attitude and recognizable followers and students he had. Most importantly, it elaborates the full effect of what the Socratic Method is. Socrates was very different compared to everyone; He was seen as sophist, however he never offered courses or receive any type of pay for his ethics.
In a way he’s very caught up in liberalism and questioned people about their beliefs. However, Socrates eventually made ethics his main concern and live an abnormal life that attracted the people of Athens attention. Socrates would wear the same clothes almost every day. He liked to drink a lot and had surprisingly impressive physique considering he was a very large man. Unlike the Sophists, Socrates would live in poverty and had a family to take care of even in his financial situation he was
In “The Making of the West Peoples and Cultures, Volume 1, The Nature of Women and Marriage”, Socrates has a story written by his follower Xenophon, that discusses the gender roles in marriage in the late fifth century B.C.E. What Socrates tells his friend Ischomachus are the qualities a woman …show more content…
The two in the marriage used their skills of logic and ethics which was influenced by Socrates himself. This led the two into epistemology as well, their discussion in the text showed how they would acquire the things in life if they were to have children and etc.
In “The Making of the West Peoples and Cultures, Volume 1, Socrates on Ethics” it explains how Socrates is perceived as one of the founders of Western Philosophy through his charismatic attitude and recognizable followers and students he had. Most importantly, it elaborates the full effect of what the Socratic Method is. Socrates was very different compared to everyone; He was seen as sophist, however he never offered courses or receive any type of pay for his ethics.
In a way he’s very caught up in liberalism and questioned people about their beliefs. However, Socrates eventually made ethics his main concern and live an abnormal life that attracted the people of Athens attention. Socrates would wear the same clothes almost every day. He liked to drink a lot and had surprisingly impressive physique considering he was a very large man. Unlike the Sophists, Socrates would live in poverty and had a family to take care of even in his financial situation he was