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    The Apology

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    Exploration of The Apology After Socrates was convicted‚ he makes a prophecy. The prophecy is that vengeance will come upon those who convicted him. He prophesizes the Zeus will be much harsher to those who convicted Socrates than they were to Socrates. He says that more‚ younger people will step up in his place. In condemning Socrates‚ the Athenians are not freeing themselves. They are actually making it worse for themselves. More people are going to take Socrates place and they will question

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    Who Is Socrates

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    “He knows nothing‚ and thinks that he knows. I either know nor think that I know” (Pg. 31). Socrates was told by the god of Delphi that there was no man wiser. Socrates wondered what this meant so he set out to find the answer by going around to those who had the reputation of being very wise. He had come to the same conclusion for all of these men that all though they did know a great deal more that Socrates was ignorant to they all fell into the same mistake when they all thought that because they

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    24c‚ of Apology‚ written by Plato about Socrates’ trial‚ starts off with Meletus accusing Socrates of corrupting the youth of Athens. Socrates claims that if either of them is doing wrong it is Meletus because he involves himself in things that he does not really interested in or cares about. Socrates proves that Meletus is not concerned about the youth and also that he himslef is not a corrupter of the youth by asking Meletus a number of questions along with questions he answers himself. First

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    Socrates Unjust Analysis

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    Socrates an ancient Greek philosopher who arguably set a philosophical president for all modern western theories‚ though he lived in ___________. Today in the 21st century his trial is still studied and debated. Some belief the trial justified and the Athenians were correct in his prosecution. However‚ large populations argue that the trial was unjust and Athenians used Socrates as a scapegoat for the troubles that the Athena democracy was facing during that time. Three men brought the charges laid

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    Socrates was one of the greatest philosophers of all time who questioned many individuals about their beliefs on ideas and thoughts that they take for granted by feeling that they know knowledge on a particular subject but utterly find out that they obtain no knowledge or wisdom on that subject that they felt so strongly about‚ which in turn‚ ended up being embarrassing to that individual. However Socrates feels that if he did not live and examined his life would have been pointless because he would

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    Socrates was a Greek philosopher who challenged the thinking of many and taught away the ignorance of others. However‚ Socrates was too smart for his own good and eventually found himself imprisoned in Athens and on death row due to what he claims were false charges. Prior to his exile‚ Socrates partook in a particularly interesting situation where he taught an individual‚ his friend Meno‚ about the mysteries of life. Together the two talked about many things such as what is virtue‚ what is just

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    In The Republic‚ the Philosopher King becomes compelled to tell his citizens medicinal lies. When the citizens do not understand something‚ like medicinal things‚ the philosopher king becomes able to tell them almost anything and they will believe everything he says‚ and exalt him. He is compelled to do this to ease their minds‚ since they would not understand anyway‚ he figures it is just easier to not tell them. The Philosopher King also seems to understand more than what the citizens understand

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    There is a runaway trolley barreling down the railway tracks. Ahead on the tracks there are five people tied up and unable to move. The trolley is headed straight for them. You are some distance off the tracks on a footbridge standing next to a very large or fat man; we will call him the portly fella. You can push the man off the bridge‚ and his body will fall onto the tracks and stop the trolley from killing the five people‚ but will kill the portly fella. You have two options: (1) Do nothing

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    Inside the pages of the Greek poet Aristophanes’ Clouds‚ the reader will find a drastically different portrayal of the philosopher Socrates than one would inside the pages of the Republic. In the play‚ Socrates is completely unaware of his surroundings‚ and is able to justify purposely making just actions stronger than just actions. The main character‚ Strepsiades‚ initially seeks the help of Socrates because he knows Socrates will provide him with the skills to avoid paying back his debts to the

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    Crito started his argument with effects of Socrates death on him and what would people think about Crito with letting his friend to die without helping him. As before‚ Socrates tried to examine if the opinion of the majority of people is important or not. Socrates stated that he should value the ideas from wise people and he disregard ideas from unwise people (66). He disregarded how many wise people are in the city or how many unwise people are there. So‚ the quantity of wise people was not an important

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