Socrates - The protagonist of The Apology‚ as well as all of Plato ’s other dialogues. Socrates seems to be a very simple man‚ not having many material possessions and speaking in a plain‚ conversational manner. However‚ this seeming plainness is all a part of the ironic characteristic of Socrates ’ method. Professing his own ignorance‚ he engages in conversation with someone claiming to be an expert‚ usually in ethical matters. By asking simple questions‚ Socrates gradually reveals that his interlocutor
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choses to do good. Even though it may be a bad or evil decision‚ to them it is a good decision for them. He believed no person had intentions of evil or wrong doing and if they had knowledge of wrong doing‚ they would choose to do good instead. The Apology and Allegory of the Cave Readings‚ is much like the Good Brahmin’s (Voltaire) in that we are as wise‚ as we engage ourselves into. If we do not venture outside our comfort zone or space‚ we cannot learn about the world‚ cultures‚ different people
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NOT be able to tell the truth even when the truth is clearly obvious or evident? What makes a person tell lies instead of the truth? Liars eventually get caught in their tangled web of lies and deceitfulness. Lying hurts the liar and those who are subjected to the lies of the liar. Lying hurts relationships and it makes the liar untrustworthy. A liar violates the trust others may have had in them when they are caught in their lies. Liars seem to carry an enormous amount of burden upon their shoulders
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Persuasion: Socrates’ Apology In speaking of effective rhetorical persuasion‚ we must appeal to our target audience in a way that will get them to accept or act upon the point of view we are trying to portray. Aristotle said that we persuade others by three means: (1) by the appeal to their reason (logos); (2) by the appeal to their emotions (pathos); and (3) by the appeal of our personality or character (ethos) (Corbett and Connors 32). When Socrates‚ an infamous rhetorician‚ gave his “apology” to his fellow
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I chose Sven Birkerts’s article about James Wright’s “Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s farm in Pine Island‚ Minnesota”. The author sets a very nice pace‚ going over all the vital parts of the poem. It starts off addressing the title‚ he feels as though it is needlessly long. Therefore‚ Wright must have written it that way “not to inform‚ but to memorialize a place and a time” (Birkerts). Then he moves on to compare the poems first three lines to that of a painting‚ discussing the color composition
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and then were to tell us how many days and nights he passed in the course of his life better and more pleasantly than this one‚ I think any man‚ even a great king‚ will not find many such days or nights‚ when compared with the others.” (Socrates‚ “Apology”‚ p. 49) 2.
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Daddy has left us. Huhuhhuuu huuhhuuuu... Why is elder sister lying on the phone? Daddy is just lying on the bed; in fact‚ he’s not moving at all‚ maybe due to his sickness. Oh! Yeah‚ all the people have come to carry him to the hospital. Mommy‚ sister is playing pranks on the phone. However‚ he soon learned that his sister was not lying and daddy had in fact left for god’s home. Even though he lay there on the bed‚ he was gone and will soon become
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geometry. He was searching for knowledge and truth; Plato writing are in dialogue form with his teacher Socrates appearing in all but one of them. (Plato) In Plato dialogue he had for main point in it they were The Republic‚ Symposium‚ law‚ Meno and the Apology. Referring to the fact that Plato was the first philosopher to develop philosophical notion of human nature‚ human knowledge‚ and metaphysics. (notes) Plato had four great ideas one of the ideas was basically to make life so much better from my understanding
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the truth So common for them that it’s habit Don’t realize they’re lying Example: Bill Clinton didn’t want the truth of his affair to come out Example: child with chocolate on face‚ doesn’t want to get in trouble for eating candy Example: witness in a trial can’t remember what happened b/c he was drunk at the time Example: wife asks: do you think I’m fat? Husband says: of course not because he wants
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Dear Mrs. Smith: I hope you are doing well as I write this letter. I wanted to take a moment to tell you how your book‚ "The Way I Used to Be‚" has affected me personally. I found Eden’s tale to be quite moving and spoke to me on a number of levels. It was heartbreaking how you depicted Eden’s trauma journey and her quest to regain her true identity. It made me realize how difficult it is to cope with such severe suffering and to support people who have gone through similar things. Her quest also
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