Socrates: Meno At the beginning of Meno the question of what virtue is and whether or not it can be taught is brought up. The question of whether knowledge is virtue or virtue is knowledge is also brought up in the text. There are many different interpretations of Meno and all the things discussed within it. I am sure that there are many views and ideas as to where knowledge comes from‚ the true source of knowledge. Now nobody really knows where knowledge comes from‚ but Socrates
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Philosophy Professor Ravi Sharma In 80D Meno asks: “How will you look for it‚ Socrates‚ when you do not know at all what it is? How will you aim to search for something you do not know at all? If you should meet with it‚ how will you know that this is the thing that you did not know?” I believe this question warrants an in-depth inquiry of general sorts. Meno asked this question when he could not define a standard of virtue like Socrates had asked. That is why it’s easier to think of this question as just
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Socrates is a Classical Greek Athenian philosopher. He was one of the founders of Western philosophy. He was born around 470 BCE and died in 399 BCE. He became very well- known through his students Plato and Xenophon. He had his insistence on the truth and on being honest‚ which led to his execution. Socrates was a brilliant man in what he has done. There was said that he was “corrupting the youth of Athens not to worship the city gods and of introducing new gods” Johnston (2006: 8). All he has done
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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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“The irreverent‚ disobedient Socrates of the Apology is inconsistent with the Socrates of the Crito.” Construct an argument supporting or refuting this claim. Be sure to incorporate textual evidence. In Plato’s Apology‚ Socrates comes off as a defiant and disobedient man with little respect for his accusers and even for the jurors on whom his fate depends. This may seem in stark contrast with the stoic Socrates in Crito who would rather accept the death sentence than let his friend Crito help
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Krishna’s advice to Arjuna and Socrates’ daimonion have several overlapping concepts‚ similarities‚ and differences. In the video‚ the conversation with Krishna and Arjuna almost immediately begins to show some similarities with Socrates’ daimonion. He starts by saying “victory and defeat are the same” meaning he is urging Arjuna to act. Socrates has a well known lack of fear for death because he believes you cannot fear what is not known. Krishna is attempting to instill a very similar concept to
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Jesus Against Socrates Socrates‚ known as the famous Greek philosopher and one of the wisest people around‚ was looked at as being a very strong willed and “stand-by-his-opinion” kind of man. Jesus‚ on the other hand‚ was a man who went through his life not by blatantly expressing and sharing his wisdom‚ but by making his “students” think things through for themselves in order to gain understanding and wisdom in certain topics. Based on what is known about Jesus and Socrates‚ two major moral
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ancient Greek societies had a strong corrective method to maintain order. Authorities had to maintain a self-survival attitude‚ which consisted of putting away those few that could challenge their power and create chaos. Both Antigone of Sophocles and Socrates of Plato are examples of threat to the socio-political order or their respective societies. Antigone is a woman in the context of fifth-century Athens‚ Greece who challenges the socio-political orders of the city in name of a blood relationship
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• This quotation is extremely important in the story as it helps the group find their definition of justice. This is Socrates’ definition of courage based upon the previous arguments Glaucon‚ Adeimantus‚ and Socrates himself had made previously. What we are told to be afraid of and the opposite are preserved through many generations‚ promoting courage for different people through each one. This quotation is important because it shows exactly how “courage” works. This could be useful for people who
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