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    Plato

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    PLATO ON TRADITION AND BELIEF. 1.Socrates gets Laches to agree to a new definition of courage by arguing that not all cases of courage are a sort of endurance.He asks Laches if he would consider courage to be noble to which Laches replies he would.Socrates then asks him would he consider foolish endurance to be seen as hurtful‚to which Laches also agrees.With this in mind Laches agrees to a new definition of courage to include only wise endurance. 2/5 2.They conclude that knowledge

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    English 104 10/1/2014 The Irony of Socrates Socrates was thought to be ahead of his time. At the time‚ the citizens of Athens believed that their government had the ultimate power and nothing could be higher. So of course when one person chose to believe another view‚ the government became a part of the situation to maintain a sense of peace thorough the nation. This didn’t sit well with Socrates. He wanted as many people to know about his knowledge as possible because he had found scientific

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    Descartes Meditation

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    Latin "Cogito‚ ergo sum" [I think‚ therefore I am] The first piece of Descartes Meditation‚ Descartes attempts to review the beliefs he has been taught in order to establish truth in science. He forms a sceptical belief or hypotheses about everything in the physical world. As a result he suspends his judgement on his previously held beliefs. In the second Meditation‚ Descartes expands theory on the ‘nature of human mind’‚ Descartes questions his identity‚ the eternal ‘I’‚ and introduces a theory of

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    Cited: Reeve‚ C. D. C. A Plato reader: eight essential dialogues. Indianapolis‚ IN: Hackett Pub. Co.‚ 2012. Print.

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    occurrences of nature and‚ more explicitly‚ human nature. The grecian gods were more developed‚ but the main purpose of the religion was still to explain the world around them‚ albeit‚ more technical and elaborated than the Mesopotamian gods. The Greek and Sumerian gods served a purpose of pre-scientific explanation‚ a way to explain the unexplainable in a time before

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    Kant and Descartes

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    Liz Johnson December 12‚ 2012 Kant and Descartes “Idealism is the assertion there are none but thinking thing beings. All other things‚ which we believe are perceived in intuitions‚ are nothing but presentations in the thinking things‚ to which no object external to them in fact corresponds. Everything we see is just a construction of the mind.” (Prolegomena). Idealism maintains that there are no objects in the world‚ only minds. According to idealism‚ the existence of outer objects is

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    Plato

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    tell each other if anyone of you has ever heard me discussing such subjects to any extent at all” (19d). He also claims that if anyone has heard of him charging fees for his teachings‚ that that is a lie as well. Socrates continues by saying that god at Delphi claims that he is the wisest man in Athens‚ and he challenges anyone who believes they are wiser. Even though Meletus refuses to believe the words that Socrates speaks‚ he continues to listen as Socrates further explains his viewpoint. Socrates

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    Descartes Beliefs

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    As Descartes continued to ponder his beliefs he began to examine his beliefs about God and whether those could be trusted or not. He had to question whether or not his beliefs could be relied upon or if God was actually deceiving him or if God is even a real thing. However‚ Descartes concludes that God does in fact exist and “God has never owed me anything‚ so I should thank him for his great generosity to me‚ rather than feeling cheated because he did not give me everything” Descartes also comes

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    caused many renowned philosophers to rethink their entire outlook on life. Rene Descartes stated this famous phrase and changed the course of Philosophy in doing so. Descartes was born in 1596 in France‚ which was time when life was drastically changing; Columbus had discovered the new world‚ the feudal system had broken down‚ and the Scientific Revolution was in full force. Philosophers of the time‚ such as Descartes‚ were set on finding out what now actually existed and what was actually true

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    Descartes' Meditations

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    Meditations Study Questions 1. Explain Descartes’ method of doubt. What is Descartes purpose in exercising this method? Descartes’ method of doubt is a method of being skeptical about the truth of beliefs. It aims to find things that cannot be doubted 2. Why can’t Descartes be certain about beliefs he acquires through the evidence of the senses? The reason why Descartes cannot be certain of beliefs he’s obtained through his senses is because senses might easily be deceived by someone else

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