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    Socrates: Guilty or Not

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    Socrates: Guilty or Not? Socrates is one of the founders of Western philosophy. The dialogues‚ written by many of his students‚ such as Plato‚ represent a unique way of questioning how we should live our lives‚ and who do we aspire to become. He was a very intelligent man who was very concerned about ethics‚ being a good Athenian‚ and doing what is just. In Plato’s Apology the reader experiences all of Socrates characteristics as if they where sitting right there with

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    Socrates on Moral Value

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    Socrates lived during a time of crucial transition in Athens. The city sought recover and stabilize from its defeat‚ and from this situation that public had began to doubt democracy as an effective form of government. The famous trial of Socrates is known to be an essential event‚ which revealed key themes to Socrates’ teachings and beliefs about moral and virtue. The Apology and Crito were fundamental to revealing those beliefs and played an important role in conveying Socrates’ position on living

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    Questions on Socrates

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    What did Socrates Stand for? 1. What are the needs of the political community? What must all political communities do to insure their survival? What about Philosophy? What does philosophy seek? How does it go about this process? Before we get into what are the needs of a political community‚ lets define politics. What comes to your mind when you think of politics? For the purpose of this class‚ politics is the identification‚ maintenance‚ and transfer of the communities’ core values that are

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    Socrates' Suicide

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    Socrates Philosophy 201 5 November 2010 Socrates Born in 469 B.C.E.‚ Socrates lived his life way before his time. The practice of the era in which he lived was ones’ of single opinion. That is where the ruler told everyone how and what to think. What made Socrates stand out as a smart minded willful person was his strong opinions and his teachings to the youth to develop their own opinions and not fall in line with everyone else’s thinking. This was Socrates downfall. He was

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    Truth and Socrates

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    Euthyphro – Plato Explain how the concept of holiness emerges in the dialogue and why it takes a prominent position in the conversation between Socrates and Euthyphro. “Euthyphro answers that there is no difference of opinion‚ either among gods or men‚ as to the propriety of punishing a murderer. Yes‚ rejoins Socrates‚ when they know him to be a murderer; but you are assuming the point at issue. If all the circumstances of the case are considered‚ are you able to show that

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    Socrates Is Not Guilty

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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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    Socrates Worldviews

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    Like many philosophers‚ Socrates has been able to mold and enlighten his students and people well past his time. One of his most famous quotes‚ “I only know that I know nothing‚” Never fails to capture attention. As simple as the words are it never failed to spark a conversation that exceeds expectations. Origin: • Where did the universe come from? Where did life/humanity come from? • Socrates does not clearly state an answer for Origin. I do find that his Theory of Recollection to contain

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    Question and Socrates

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    McGrath February 11‚ 2013 Euthyphro – Plato The Euthyphro is a tale of Socrates and Euthyphro. They meet by chance and end up discussing what is holy and what is piety. Socrates tries to get answers from Euthyphro but because of his unwillingness to learn‚ they end back at the beginning of their discussion. In Euthyphro‚ we see the three distinct definitions of piety and holiness that is given by Euthyphro and how Socrates refutes them. This paper will give those definitions and my own argument

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    Socrates and the Afterlife J Tarolli November 14‚ 2012 Introduction to Philosophy Brian Raftery Socrates was a man of very distinct descriptions. He believed that we all would meet in a place in the afterlife. We would follow a guide down our chosen path according to the life we lived. Socrates didn’t have a fear of death or the path he would travel in the afterlife. He had a very detailed idea of how the terrain would be. He envisioned in exquisite detail of the beauty of the afterlife

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    Socrates And Achilles

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    Socrates and Achilles: the Martyr Heroes Madelyn Vogel ILS 205 By comparing himself to the Greek hero Achilles before the jury in Plato’s Apology‚ Socrates attempts to portray himself as a hero of equal merit to Achilles and others of similar standing. By selecting the greatest of the Classical Greeks to compare and contrast himself to in his argument‚ Socrates surreptitiously urges his audience to view him as being of the same caliber as Achilles. This not only authenticates Socrates’ claims‚ but

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