The Apology is written by Plato of Socrates’ trial‚ at 70 years of age Socrates was accused of impiety and corrupting the youth of Athens. Plato’s account consists of three speeches that were given by Socrates during this trial. Socrates speaks before the men of Athens‚ his jury‚ in 399 BCE and confesses he has forgotten who he was‚ he then recollects who he is‚ and finally he proclaims who Socrates is. The trial began with the prosecutors presenting their case against the accused before the
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The conversation between Socrates and Euthyphro takes place at the marketplace. Euthyphro is on his way to charge his father for murder‚ and Socrates is going to his own trial‚ because he was accused of corrupting the minds of the youth. Before going into his trial‚ Socrates asks Euthyphro‚ who claims to be a spiritually enlightened prophet‚ what exactly makes something of piety or impiety. He asks this‚ because he wants to be seen as Euthyphro’s student‚ and so that he can use Euthyphro’s teachings
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Both Socrates and Glaucon ultimately agree that it is better to be actually just and seemingly unjust than it is to be actually unjust but seemingly just. Their reasons for holding this position are because people just have control over themselves. They are able to maintain dominion over their desires‚ to avoid self indulgence in evil desires‚ and to choose good things. This is something the unjust person loses no matter how just he may seem. Socrates uses the image of a beast to show how injustice
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When Socrates meets Confucius Emotionales versus Rationales: A Comparison between Confucius and Socrates ABSTRACT Socrates regards rational knowledge as the decisive factor of human life and even ascribes all virtues and moral actions to it‚ thereby stressing the ‘rationales’ of ethics. In contrast‚ Confucius regards kinship love as the decisive factor of human life and even grounds all virtues and moral actions on it‚ thereby stressing the ‘emotionales’ of ethics. Therefore‚ we should not
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Socrates’ exchange with Meno starts as Meno asks whether temperance can be taught. Meno proposes that it might be an aftereffect of practice or an innate characteristic. Socrates answers by reminding Meno that Meno’s own particular comrades‚ the Thessalians‚ have as of late picked up a notoriety for shrewdness‚ because of the rising acclaim of Gorgias (a Sophist educator). Gorgias‚ Socrates says‚ has taught individuals "to give an intense and terrific response to any inquiry you might be asked‚ as
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Socrates and the Anti-Democracy The trial‚ determination of guilt‚ and eventual death of Socrates‚ one of the paramount philosophers in history‚ on the charge of “corrupting the young and of not believing in the gods in whom the city believes” (Plato 24c) in Athens‚ perhaps the most famous freedom-loving‚ democratic city-state of the Western world‚ is puzzling. In his earlier days‚ Socrates was once seen as an eccentric headmaster of a school of thinking‚ a harmless character wandering the streets
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Antigone vs. Socrates In the plays Antigone and the Crito the two lead characters‚ Antigone and Socrates‚ showed completely different ideas regarding their responsibilities to the State. Antigone believes in divine law and does what she thinks that the Gods would want her to do. Socrates‚ on the other hand‚ believes that he owes it to the State to follow their laws whether he thinks they are right or not. In Antigone‚ her brother Polynices‚ turned against his own city by attacking his own
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Therefore‚ for Socrates‚ no one would choose to do injustice since no one would choose what is more painful and bad. However‚ according to Vlastos‚ there is no suggestion here that the conclusion represents one of Polus’ standing convictions. Since the conclusion does not follow from anything Polus had said so far in this discussion‚ Socrates ‘mounts the above epagoge to win Polus’ acceptance of conclusion on the spot’. For Vlastos‚ Polus can reject premise 4 when Socrates tries to apply pleasure
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Socrates believed that the purpose of human life was personal and spiritual growth. We can’t develop toward more prominent comprehension of our actual nature unless we take an ideal opportunity to analyze and reflect upon our life. . The importance of the quote is good for nothing because the significance of the word unexamined is ambiguous. I most definitely agree with Socrates that unexamined life is not worth living for. The case is that lone in endeavoring to come to know ourselves and to comprehend
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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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