Athens in 430‚ 429‚ 427 BC (30% pop dies) * Pericles began the war‚ the strategy was for athens to stay behind the walls (not to fight the Spartans on land – in funeral speech) – Spartans are better fighters * So many people behind the walls‚ not heigenic conditions‚ so plague could have came because of result of this strategy * Terrible strategy came out of the best intentions * Pericles saying follow intelligent design * Pericles is one of the early victims of his own best efforts
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am going to talk about the changes in religion with the help of sophism; in the fourth part I will examine the changes in decision-making and in last part I will talk about Socrates use of cross-examination to find out the meaning of the oracle’s message. As a source of information I am going to use Plutarch’s essays Pericles and Alcibiades‚ Plato’s Apology and Crito‚ and Thucydides’ Peloponnesian War. I The meaning of sophism. In Athens all young aristocrats were getting traditional education
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this work‚ Socrates and Theaetetus discuss knowledge and its definition‚ which the character of Theaetetus tries to put into. He says that knowledge is perception‚ knowledge is true judgment‚ and‚ finally‚ knowledge is true judgment with an account. Socrates finds each of these undesirable and tells Theaetetus that he benefits from discovering what he doesn’t know and that he should approach the topic in the future. One of Socrates’ more enjoyable discussions with the pupil is the idea of the mind
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by Socrates and Euthyphro‚ Both Socrates and Euthyphro were in court‚ one facing charges on impiety the other‚ and the came to prosecute his own father. Socrates decided to have chat with Euthyphro regarding piety so that he can get points or to win the case against Meletus. Moreover‚ Euthyphro himself stated that he knows what is holy and unholy as Euthyphro was a man considered educated in religious affairs. Also Euthyphro claimed to be all wise‚ which would make him a Sophist‚ But Socrates made
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Introduction A funeral is a ceremony for celebrating‚ respecting‚ sanctifying‚ or remembering the life of a person who has died. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember the dead‚ from interment itself‚ to various monuments‚ prayers‚ and rituals undertaken in their honor. Customs vary widely among cultures‚ as well as‚ religious affiliations within cultures. Funeral services in LA TERESITA in Gapan City are the most common funeral homes that offers
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Pericles Quotes Relative to the Greek Salon Questions 1) Roles and duty of an Athenian Citizen: • • • “Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.” “An Athenian Citizen does not neglect the state because he takes care of his own household; and even those of us who are engaged in business have a very fair idea of politics.” “Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas
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The conversation between Socrates and Alcibiades continues with them talking about how the soul is separate from the body. There is nothing that has more authority than the soul within the body. Socrates then states that people who know their parts of the body know what belongs the them‚ but not themselves. This means that their body parts are for their bodies‚ but they body parts do not belong to the soul. Again. Socrates brings up that people who tend to their bodies tend to what belongs to them
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Socrates and Euthyphro unexpectedly run into each other outside of the Athens courthouse. Euthyphro went to the courthouse to prosecute his father for killing one of his servants‚ who was a murderer. Socrates was summoned to court to be charged with disturbing the youth. After Euthyphro stated his business at the courthouse‚ Socrates assumes that he must be a religious expert if he is willing to prosecute his own father on such a serious charge. Euthyphro then agrees with Socrates that he does indeed
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an essay on the following topic: "Discuss cultural differences as they exist in American and Vietnamese culture and suggest some ways to overcome them." CONTENT The difference of culture impacts so much to the way to living‚ the way of thinking and the way of doing business. America and Vietnam have a big difference in culture‚ religion and business. However‚ we live in a world where it is called flat world‚ where there is no restriction between countries. It requires us to integrate in order to
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was the incorporation of the two particles men and de. These were created with the intention to indirectly designate opposites in writing‚ allowing the two contrasting ideas to achieve an equilibrium‚ uncovering the truth somewhere in the middle. At the end of the first year of the Peloponnesian War‚ Pericles delivers an oration speech in which he explains what he believes the nature of Athens to be. In the following years‚ Thucydides gives a report of the Plague of 430‚ regarding the state of Athens
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