11) Desiderius Erasmus: (1466-1536) Dutch Humanist, wrote The Praise of Folly and The Education of a Christian Prince. Believed "education is means to reform" and the "philosophy of Christ"…
1. The two most important influences on Enlightenment thought were who? John Locke and Isaac Newton…
4. Plato: (530-347BCE) Plato was a “disciple” of Socrates teachings and was also a Philosopher. He had theorized over Forms and Ideas.…
1. The similarity between the two lie in their belief to fight an unjust law through persuasion and to do so in a peaceful way. He also claims “In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive, negotiation, self-purification and direct action,” and Socrates does participate in the several of these actions to further his point. They both agree that in cases of unjust law, they should fight it (despite that one was willing to go further than another) but still respect the laws in place. King knew that disobeying the law would only bring chaos and reflect badly on the idea of change they wanted and to get the desired results he needed to act in a way that would properly show what he desired.…
I believe Socrates would agree with what President Clinton stated in his speech, if these people where so disgusted and disturbed by the government why did they not leave? This was an idea that Socrates expressed in the Crito. They had the freedom to live anywhere else, and yet they still decided to live in a country in which they believed was being suppressed by the government. Not only that, but they wrongly splattered the word patriot to justify their actions, which according to Socrates completely contradicted themselves he states, “It is never right to commit injustice or return injustice or defend one’s self against injury by retaliation.” Socrates does not justify retaliation through the use of violence.…
COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE PHILOSOPHIES OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS? BE SURE TO GIVE A BRIEF…
Immanuel Kant’s Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals starts off by saying there is only one thing that is good without qualification which is a good will. Something can only be good if it is well-matched with a good will. In fact, “a good will is” according to him, “is good not because of what it effects or accomplishes, nor because of its fitness to attain some proposed end; it is good only through its willing i.e., it is good in itself” (7). He states that these specific obligations of a good will are called duties and then makes three propositions about them. Kant then says that “I should never act except in such a way that I can also will that my maxim…
Is Socrates actually guilty of either of the crimes with which he is charged: impiety and corrupting the youth? Are these crimes dangerous for a political community? Is Socrates, in his Apology, fully persuasive that he and his way of life pose no threat to the city? (To answer these questions, you will need to ask yourself what is the foundation for Athenian or, indeed, any political society.)…
In 399 BCE, Socrates was put on trial and convicted to death for “impiety and corrupting the youth of the city” (Apology, p. 202). He asked many questions of people, making them look unintelligent and the upper-class youth followed suit. Instead of accepting his fate, he killed himself, denying his opposition the pleasure of doing so themselves. Confucius was a philosopher in China many years after the death of Socrates in Greece. His philosophy was based on natural order, specifically children minding adults, and leading a peaceful existence.…
Has Socrates’ teachings survived throughout time because of his dramatic end? Had he lived out his days, preaching what he believed, but never truly proving it, would modern day scholars even know who he was? Had Socrates run away from Athens, he would have been a hypocrite who didn't believe in his own teachings. Had he escaped he would have been “Eating and drinking in Thessaly, having gone abroad in order that [he] may get a dinner. And where [would] be [his] fine sentiments about justice and virtue then?”. Leaving would have meant that all of his teachings were a lie. instead, Socrates’ dramatic ending in fighting for what he believed to be virtue, helps to cement his legacy forever in western culture.…
13. John Locke and Sir Isaac Newton-An English physicist and mathematician who is widely regarded as the most influential scientist. A English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers.…
Virtue, rather than being a teachable piece of knowledge, seems to be an innate understanding. Every person in the world, save perhaps psychopaths and sociopaths, naturally has a strong moral compass. An example that proves this idea is the innocence of children. I have never witnessed a child perform an action with solely malicious intent. Children always have some outside motivation for any hateful actions they perform, so they never do it only to hurt someone. At this point you might think that, yes, children do not do anything with only malicious purposes, but the fact remains that they continue to perform such actions. This is true, but honestly, how have children learned to do such hateful things? No child would consider cursing at anyone if they were angry, but since they observe others performing these actions, the children begin to develop the idea in their minds that doing so must relieve their suffering. It seems, then, that humans learn harmful…
In the case of Socrates I believe him breaking the law was justifiable, although I don’t…
6) John Dewey- was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer; one of the founders of the philosophical school of Pragmatism.…
When the Oracle of Delphi told Socrates that he was the wisest man he didn’t believe it. To him, there had to be some kind of mistake, surely there was many more wise people in Athens. To prove his belief, Socrates decided to go and search for someone who was indeed wiser than he. He went around the city confronting people of high status but there wasn’t a single person that was proving to be wiser. In fact, they were noticing that Socrates was indeed wise.…