“Nietzsche on Judeo-Christian Morality” In Nietzsche’s aphorisms 90-95 and 146-162 he attacks what he believes to be the fundamental basis of the “slave” morality prevalent in the Judeo-Christian tradition as well as other religions and societies. From the beginning‚ he distinguishes the two different types of moralities he believes to exist: the “master morality”‚ created by rulers of societies‚ and the “slave” morality‚ created by the lowest people in societies. The former stresses virtues
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When the Oracle of Delphi told Socrates that he was the wisest man he didn’t believe it. To him‚ there had to be some kind of mistake‚ surely there was many more wise people in Athens. To prove his belief‚ Socrates decided to go and search for someone who was indeed wiser than he. He went around the city confronting people of high status but there wasn’t a single person that was proving to be wiser. In fact‚ they were noticing that Socrates was indeed wise. He first went with a politician " who had
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Draco relaxes with a smile and sideways glance at Socrates‚ then abligingly back at the seated youth... Yes my son‚ it is discerning of you‚ we will begin forthwith... The young man explains his last recognizable moments when alive at draco’s request... Draco summurizes.... "Now you say you had paused to rest under a great tree when you noticed a shadow appear over you... That of a very sizeable person who growled‚ then shouted some obcenity... But before you could turn to confront your assailant
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Socrates believed in dualism. This means that he believed in both the body and a soul. He believed that when a person dies their soul separates from their body. Socrates was cheerful when he approached his death because he believed that as a philosopher he has been preparing for his death for his whole life. Philosophy‚ according to Socrates‚ is a lifetime of devotion “to a cultivation of the soul and mind- a meletei nekron‚ a “getting oneself ready for death.”” This means that during our lifetime
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between Socrates and his friends on the days of his eminent execution. Given the circumstances‚ the conversation naturally turns to questions concerning death and soul of the after-life. The friends of Socrates is sad at his impending death‚ but Socrates is cheerful of death and he promises to tell them why. “I desire to prove to you that a real philosopher has reason to be of good cheer when he is about to die‚ and after death he may hope to obtain the greatest good in the other world”. Socrates explains
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They said his power could only be matched by Enkidu. In The Death of Socrates‚ Socrates was respected by every person who came to visit him before he died. Socrates was mentally and physically powerful. He wasn’t afraid of anything‚ not even of death. This is where both men were different in strength. Socrates was able to face death without fright whereas Gilgamesh was taunted in fear by the idea of dying‚ therefore Socrates is emotionally a stronger man then Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh pleaded to be
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How we Achieve Happiness Name of Student: Course Title: Instructor’s Name: April 14‚ 2014 In the history of happiness‚ Socrates had a different place in the history of the West since he was the pioneering philosopher to reason that happiness occurred through human effort. Socrates existed in Greece around 460 BC in a place where happiness existed as a preserve of the people favored by the god only. The perception of hubris existed where one could only attain happiness
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with a mutual agreement‚ Socrates and Callacles fight each other’s views and quarrel to come to a conclusion of the meaning of a good life. What is a good life in Socrates’ perspective? In order to get his point across‚ Socrates first phrases the question of what is more shameful - doing what is unjust or suffering what is unjust. For him‚ doing what is unjust is more shameful than suffering it. Even Polus‚ another philosophical figure that often clashed views with Socrates‚ ended up agreeing with
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Socrates: Socrates was born in Athens about 470 BC and lived until 399 BC‚ he was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher and is credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. An accurate picture of the man‚ his life‚ and viewpoints are problematic because he did not write any philosophical texts‚ everything we know is based on writings by his students and contemporaries… this is what is known as the Socratic problem. Socrates was later tried and put to death for “corrupting the youth
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writing this paper because to defend Socrates‚ the man who did nothing wrong and was killed for doing the right thing and trying to save people from being trapped. The people were not allowed to speak what they thought was right‚ couldn’t argue‚ and must follow the law. Whoever shall read this should care because an innocent man was killed on the death penalty because he was trying to make the world a better place and that is horrible. I argue that’s Socrates was a virtuous person because he wasn’t
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