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    Socrates Is Not Guilty

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    In the book‚ Plato Republic‚ Socrates had a discussion with Thrasymachus and Glaucon about justice and unjustice. In this essay‚ I shall argue that Plato’s solution of the temptation of the ring is successful in a few ways. I will describe Thrasymachus and Glaucon’s idea about justice‚ and how Socrates discuss with them in terms of the justice of the city‚ justice of individual soul‚ his theory of forms and the importance of the knowledge of the good‚ and the sun analogy and the allegory of the cave

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    The Death of Socrates

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    “The Death of Socrates” – Extra-credit The Death of Socrates by Jacques Louis David is a perfect example of a neoclassical painting. As a characteristic of this time‚ the author focuses on symmetry and on the characters’ faces to tell the story. Jacques Louis David uses a smooth texture in his composition and primary bright colors predominantly in the disciples’ robes. It is a secular piece of art that represents a historical moment‚ the death of Socrates‚ a Greek philosopher‚ known as one of the

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    Socrates and the Soul

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    Socrates believed the most important task‚ in life‚ was to care for ones soul. Socrates argues that the soul is immortal and that we must rise above our physical nature in order to gain true knowledge. He believed the soul was our very essence‚ and our bodies the instrument utilized in dealing with the physical world. Socrates seemed confidant that human beings survive physical death‚ therefore possessing an immortal soul. He felt a philosophers concern was not with the body but with the soul and

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    The Death of Socrates

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    claimed to be friends to Socrates are all useless! How could you have been so cowardly‚ or lazy‚ or stingy‚ as to allow you ’friend’ to die? Surely‚ with a little courage‚ energy‚ and money‚ you could have saved him."<br><br>Those are strong accusations coming from someone who obviously did not know Socrates as well as his other students or me. Although‚ I expected that people would react this way to my actions‚ or lack of actions‚ regarding Socrates death.<br><br>For Socrates‚ being executed was the

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    Socrates and the Apology

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    best sources of information about Socrates’ philosophical views are the early dialogues of his student Plato‚ who tried to provide a faithful picture of the methods and teachings of the great master. The Apology is one of the many-recorded dialogues about Socrates. It is about how Socrates was arrested and charged with corrupting the youth‚ believing in no god(s) (Atheism) and for being a Sophist. He attended his trial and put up a good argument. I believe that Socrates was wrongfully accused and should

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    Question and Socrates

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    McGrath February 11‚ 2013 Euthyphro – Plato The Euthyphro is a tale of Socrates and Euthyphro. They meet by chance and end up discussing what is holy and what is piety. Socrates tries to get answers from Euthyphro but because of his unwillingness to learn‚ they end back at the beginning of their discussion. In Euthyphro‚ we see the three distinct definitions of piety and holiness that is given by Euthyphro and how Socrates refutes them. This paper will give those definitions and my own argument

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    Socrates A Tyrant

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    Socrates‚ the philosopher credited with forming the very bedrock of Western thought; whose very name is synonymous with the classical period in Greek philosophy surprisingly never actually wrote a single word. His works continue to live on in his teachings alone. He founded no school‚ taught in no classroom and accepted no fee‚ however his pursuit of truth‚ his intellectual methods and most importantly his incessant questions have survived the ages in the minds‚ and on the lips of his students. In

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    Plato and Socrates

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    and Socrates Classical Greece in the 4th and 5th centuries BC was a period in which some of history’s greatest philosophers lived. The relationship between Plato‚ and his mentor Socrates was‚ for Plato‚ one of reverence. Plato viewed his teacher as an inspiration and as a philosophical model to emulate. Plato was a student of Socrates. Plato is the main eye-witness source for the life of Socrates and we know from his account of Socrates’ trial that Plato was a student at the time. Socrates was

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    Socrates: Guilty or Not

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    Socrates: Guilty or Not? Socrates is one of the founders of Western philosophy. The dialogues‚ written by many of his students‚ such as Plato‚ represent a unique way of questioning how we should live our lives‚ and who do we aspire to become. He was a very intelligent man who was very concerned about ethics‚ being a good Athenian‚ and doing what is just. In Plato’s Apology the reader experiences all of Socrates characteristics as if they where sitting right there with

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    Questions on Socrates

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    What did Socrates Stand for? 1. What are the needs of the political community? What must all political communities do to insure their survival? What about Philosophy? What does philosophy seek? How does it go about this process? Before we get into what are the needs of a political community‚ lets define politics. What comes to your mind when you think of politics? For the purpose of this class‚ politics is the identification‚ maintenance‚ and transfer of the communities’ core values that are

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