South Park’s episode‚ “With Apologies to Jesse Jackson” played on many ideas such as racism‚ racial sensitivity‚ institutionalized exclusion of minorities‚ and the pushing political agendas. To summarize‚ the episode featured a man who was called‚ “nigger-guy”‚ because he said the racial slur‚ nigger‚ on Wheel of Fortune. He later went on to feel as if he was being treated badly because everyone was excluding him from events. His son was even affected by the actions of his father and almost lost
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ARGUMENT PAPER I APOLOGY: DEFENSE OF SOCRATES PLATO 40C-41C PHILOSOPHY 2010 20 SEPTEMBER 2011 WALTER A. JENKINS JR Plato once said‚ “No one knows whether death‚ which People fear to be the greatest evil‚ may not be the greatest good.” Throughout the history of mankind‚ man has been fascinated with the mystery surrounding death. For many it is a phenomenon which is feared and for others it is a salvation from the misery and suffering of everyday life. In Plato’s “Apology”‚ Socrates has
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Comparison between Crito and Apology For these two articles that we read in Crito and Apology by Plato‚ we could know Socrates is an enduring person with imagination‚ because he presents us with a mass of contradictions: Most eloquent men‚ yet he never wrote a word; ugliest yet most profoundly attractive; ignorant yet wise; wrongfully convicted‚ yet unwilling to avoid his unjust execution. Behind these conundrums is a contradiction less often explored: Socrates is at once the most Athenian‚ most
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Jonathan Layne Philosophy 104 March 15‚ 2011 Socrates: The Apology and Crito Socrates believed that his purpose‚ as a moral individual‚ was to achieve true wisdom of virtue and justice. With this considered‚ one may ask‚ "Then why did he accept punishment for crimes he didn’t commit?" Socrates didn’t care for fate‚ because he was only concerned for whether or not he and others were doing the right thing. This belief is shown to be evident when Socrates says‚ "You are sadly mistaken‚ fellow
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On pages 35-37 of Plato’s philosophical dialogue “Apology” (389 BCE)‚ Socrates argues that if he is wise it’s because he‚ unlike others‚ knows that he is not wise and he knows that people can not know when they think they know. In the beginning of the dialogue socrates sets up the question on why he is in trouble with the court(for corrupting the youth) and where did his reputation come from. He explains to the court that the oracle pronounced him as being the most wise and that no one else was
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state to become fragile. Socrates questioning the citizens on their ideals only adds to the fragility of the state‚ pushing it closer to a state of crisis. In the play Oresteia‚ Athena warns the Athenians to be weary of internal threats. During the Apology‚ Socrates is called and can be viewed as an internal threat‚ jeopardizing the safety of other Athenians and drawing on their fear to start an uprising against the government. Socrates also shows the virtue of arrogance in Plato’s piece‚ choosing his
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In Plato’s Apology of Socrates‚ Socrates is standing on trial in which he is being accused and sentenced for corruption of the youth‚ and impiety by Meletus. Socrates during the trial presents defense speeches to the jury in order to prove his innocence of these charges. There were three phases of the trial the preface‚ sentencing‚ and Socrates speaking to the people. During the sentencing stage Socrates remains lists a number of rulings in which he may face‚ one being exiled however Socrates could
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In Plato’s Apology‚ we are faced with the narration of the speech Socrates makes at the trial in which he is being accused of corrupting the youth of Athens for his lack of not recognizing the gods. Early on in the text‚ on page seven we are presented with the accusations to which Socrates is being accused of; “What do they say? Something of this sort: - That Socrates is a doer of evil‚ and corruptor of the youth‚ and he doesn’t not believe in the gods of the state‚ and has other new divinities
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Before one can examine a path to knowledge‚ one must try to understand‚ and define what knowledge is. In Plato’s Five dialogues‚ Socrates critiques the individuals who are thought to be the most knowledgeable‚ specifically in the Apology‚ when Socrates is explaining a conversation he had with a well-respected intellectual in the community. Socrates states: "When I began to talk with him‚ I could not help thinking that he was not really wise‚ although he was thought wise by many‚ and wiser still
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Personal Response to Kevin Rudd’s Apology Kevin Rudd delivered a formal apology on February 13th 2008‚ to Indigenous Australians‚ 17 years since the reconciliation process began. Past treatment of Indigenous people in Australia have caused much pain and suffering‚ especially those of the Stolen Generations who had to suffer mistreatment. The main points of the speech reflected on the mistreatment of the Indigenous Australians‚ more particularly‚ the Stolen Generations‚ the road to reconciliation
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