I. It is highly debatable how far an individual can truly separate the laws of a state from the people who apply them. Socrates poses the question: should the individual obey the state every time the state asks something of him or her? Socrates’ believes that an individual of the state has an obligation to that state and its laws. However‚ in return‚ the state cannot ask its citizens to do anything unjust. Socrates is willing to disobey the laws of state because he is afraid to
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happiness is not rewarding. Despite being a well educated man‚ he had no knowledge about the existence of the world or how we all came into being‚ and this caused the Brahmin to be sorrowful and in distress‚ making him unhappy. Therefore‚ this resulted in a contradiction with his theory and his reality. Could he be wrong? Or maybe this happiness through ignorance doesn’t last very
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Socrates’ claim that the “unexamined life is not worth living” is very true. Imagine if you were to just go through the motions from birth to death and never be able to put meaning to any of it‚ why do it at all? Going through the motions is just a step in life‚ however learning which motions to repeat and which should never be repeated again is how life is measured. Examine everything you do from your morning ritual to your nightly routines. In the morning‚ you brew some coffee or stop by your favorite
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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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however‚ money is not the total answer to success and happiness. Wisdom and truth are more important. The great Greek philosopher Socrates warned his fellow citizens by saying “are you not ashamed of heaping up the greatest amount of money and honour and reputation‚ and caring so little about wisdom and truth and the greatest improvement of the soul.” Unfortunately Socrates said that hundreds of years ago but this is a challenge that still relevant in today’s world because this world that we live in
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hurt‚ etc. die of the wound or hurt‚ etc. within a year and a day after the same." This explanation is the primary source of the definition cited nowadays by The Lord Chief of Justice. However‚ this has suffered some changes. For example‚ the “year and a day rule” has been
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Society‚ being codified by man‚ decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with this inferiority only by destroying the male’s superiority. - Simone de Beauvoir The above content explains how women are viewed as inferior to men because society is organized by men. It also reveals the only way for men and women to become equals is for women to destroy the power men hold. In Shakespearian times‚ this belief in masculine dominance was prevalent. The above content can be witnessed in Shakespeare’s
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According to Plato’s Socrates in the Republic‚ justice in the ideal city consists in the fact that each ‘individual of the city should practice a single role to which their nature is most suited‚ among those relative to the city’(433a). For brevity‚ let us refer to this definition of justice as the principle of specialization. Socrates motivates this theory of justice with four clear arguments: (1) The theory fits with their society’s typical ways of thinking about justice: ‘minding one’s own business’(433ab);
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In Plato’s The Republic‚ Socrates argues that the appetitive part of the soul is distinct from the rational part of the soul. It is apparent to me that he provides objections for each of the statements he makes and then provides counterexamples to diminish the objections. In order to support this view‚ I will first provide a reconstruction of Socrates’ argument‚ then provide an explanation for the justification Socrates provides for each of the premises. Following these two steps‚ I will raise two
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whole of the dialogue takes place at Socrates’ prison cell‚ where he awaits his execution just days away. It started with Socrates waking up and finding his friend and loyal disciple Crito there. When Socrates asked how Crito got inside the prison at that early an hour‚ Crito told him that he simply knows the guard and has done the guard some favor. Crito then informed Socrates that the ship from Delos has already come in and tomorrow will be his execution. Socrates then told Crito about a dream he had
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